‘We’re in mourning, but thank you for coming’: Attack fallout lingers as French Quarter workers welcome Super Bowl fans
Since the New Year’s violence, service workers across the French Quarter have navigated a strange dissonance, grappling with the emotional and financial fallout of an assault that hit so close to home while putting on a smile to do what they do so well: Show tourists a good time in a romanticized city that could live or die by their spending.
I went through French Quarter security ahead of the Super Bowl. Here's what it was like.
The music was pumping, the daiquiri machines were swirling and a few Chiefs and Eagles fans were hanging out on Bourbon, beads around their necks. But the reassuring sense of normalcy was interrupted by metal barriers,
Heather Harllee, 57, has had an apartment in French Quarter on lower Bourbon Street for more than a decade and has lived in the neighborhood full time since 2021. She would welcome a greater ...
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French Quarter icon Central Grocery set to reopen and serve up its famous muffulettas once againThe beloved French Quarter shop, located at 923 Decatur St ... rebuild of the Decatur Street location. Hurricane Ida in 2021 caused extensive damage when part of the three-story townhouse ...
After the events of Jan. 1, we all agree we need to protect our beloved New Orleans French Quarter, the crown jewel of our 300-plus-year-old unique city, at all costs. Other than the installation ...
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