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New Orleans Page #2

 

Pole Holes with Horses and Cop

 

Pole Holes with Horses and Cop

These pole holes are for the purpose of the police to block off certain streets to cars and other large vehicles during Mardi Gras and other festive occasions.  

 

Chain Pole Holes Top

 

Chain Pole Holes Top

I wanted to photograph this as a multi-print series consisting of five photos with 3 photos of single holes in the middle...

 

Chain Pole Holes Bottom

 

Chain Pole Holes Top

... and the two photos of three holes at the top and bottom

 

Canal St.

 

 

 

 

 

Canal Street

Bronze street markings.  There were many of these.

 

Calle D Borbon

 

Calle D Borbon

Here is a great tiled street sign.

 

Louisianna Shield Tiles

 

Louisianna Shield Tiles

Another sign of a creative and confident public.

 

Carondelet

 

Corondelet Street

This design in the sidewalk is also sign of French influence.

 

Wall Drain

 

Wall Drain #1

How could I shoot photos of New Orleans and not show the wall drains.  I'm really not sure of their function.  Do they let the water in or out?

 

John Paul was Here

 

John Paul was Here

Obviously, the Pope was here, and there's a plaque to prove it.  How many souls did he save that day?  Maybe he should make this his permanent residence?  There'll be no shortage of work.

 

Jackson Square

 

Jackson Square

This mall had a Jazz Museum in it, with many photos of jazz greats.

 

Opera House

 

Opera House

I can't remember.  Did Satchemo play here?

 

Sidewalk #3B

 

Sidewalk #3B

This is some sort of memorial brick pavement, prolly to raise money for the bricks or the rest of the park, I can't be sure.  I saw one of these in Hartford CT also.

 

Cracked Stone Floor

 

Cracked Stone Floor

What a great pattern, even though it's cracked.  How many jazz greats played on that floor?

 

Blue Fountain Drain

 

Blue Fountain Drain

These photos are fun, but not as easy as they look.

 

No More Prisons

 

No More Prisons

I've seen quite a few of these words all around the country, from Boston to New Orleans to Los Angeles.  Sometimes it says "No More Guns".

 

Great Pumps

 

Great Pumps

I've yet to see any pumps as picturesque as these, and the walls are so gritty.

 

Purple Bike

 

Purple Bike

As you can see, I like to photograph colorful bike scenes.

 

Red Bike

 

Red Bike

Red and Green.  This will make a great Xmas card someday.

 

Crack in the Pavement

 

Crack in the Pavement

Great sidewalk crack with indigenous nuts and leaves.

 

Garbage Holes with Hearts

 

Garbage Holes with Hearts

"Make those garbage holes look good.  I don't know, stamp some heart shapes on them."

 

Garbage Hole Planters

 

Garbage Hole Planters

"...or take those old potted plants and stick them in there.".

 

Decorated Car

 

Decorated Car

What do you do with the old VW?  Decorate it with all your old plastic toys, what else?

 

Beer Bottle

 

Beer Bottle

Well, somebody is still party-ing.  My nephew said that he had the best time of his life in New Orleans when he went to see the Patriots win the Super Bowl 2002.  What it the game or the baccanal?  Maybe both.