Artillery Park, 1939
This file appears in: Jackson Square during the Battle of New Orleans
Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, the Cabildo, the Presbytere, and the Pontalba Buildings viewed from the Mississippi River levee. Rows of railroad tracks separate the developing Artillery Park, formerly known as Bienville Plaza, from the Mississippi River.
Courtesy of the Louisiana State Museum
This file appears in: Jackson Square during the Battle of New Orleans
Jackson Square during the Battle of New Orleans
Formerly the Place d'Armes around which New Orleans was built, Jackson Square, a National Historical Landmark, is the most prominent location in the “Vieux Carre” or Old Quarter.
On December 18,…