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I love it, 1,100 people died and a few 100,000 are uprooted from there neigboorhood, and a culture nearly destroyed, and you say OMG where the houses nice?
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know asking that was off limits. Obviously, historical preservation of architecture for a city rooted in tradition and tourism has no place or part in rebuilding New Orleans.
I was thinking Houston/Galveston, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Mobile, VA Beach also. And yes, a lot of cities in FL, there is a reason it's approaching 20 million people. I'd say it has a lot to do with the weather/beach combo, and not the culture. People move to NO for culture. Maybe not big enough, but cities nonetheless. Personally I would sacrifice a bigger city to be in a smaller locale by the coast, I know not everybody else would, but it is something I enjoy. I would pick NO over Atlanta/Dallas using that same logic, just b/c it is still closer and you could drive over to OB, Pcola, Destin. I thought the beaches in MS were weak though, I've driven that hwy 90 stretch through there.
There are many smaller cities on the coast. MS beaches are weak but so are Galveston's.
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know asking that was off limits. Obviously, historical preservation of architecture for a city rooted in tradition and tourism has no place or part in rebuilding New Orleans.
Where are the houses nice by the way?
The Garden district has some fantastic housing IMHO
Oh, I'm sorry, I didn't know asking that was off limits. Obviously, historical preservation of architecture for a city rooted in tradition and tourism has no place or part in rebuilding New Orleans.
Where are the houses nice by the way?
You won't find many people more sensitive about issues regarding "the storm" than me, but just for the record, I didn't find your question offensive at all.
I live in a neighborhood mentioned by Jimbo on the last page- Mid-City. The particular building is nothing special, a 3-story residential building constructed in 1960 to house retired Jesuit priests. I'm not in the Garden District by a long shot but there is still very nice architecture around me. My building got 8 feet of water in the storm.
The Garden District is fairly famous (and rightfully so), but I liked a lot of what I saw in most of Uptown. Loyola's campus is beautiful, and many of the homes are beautiful and architecturally significant if not quite as "stately" as the bigger homes in the Garden District.
Well most people don't know the reality of the film industry. Most people assume everything is filmed in NY and LA in actual locations when in reality half of what takes place in NY is filmed in LA and alot of what takes place in LA is filmed everywhere else. Captain America was filmed in London. Teen Wolf is filmed in Atlanta. The Office and CSI: NY are filmed in LA. Most people that don't know about the film industry think that NY has the biggest production value (despite the fact that something as obvious as HOLLYWOOD is in LA).
And most of the aspiring film makers and industry professionals I know are moving to Austin, Atlanta, and New Orleans because that's where all the work is. Even if I'm wrong about this, I'm pretty sure that NOLA will match NYC in the next decade. Nicholas Cage, Robert Rodriguez, and even JJ Abrams have acknowledged that the growing industry in New Orleans is the beginning of a major shift for the industry.
I will give you it being a city on the rise in the industry, but my argument is that it's not there yet and has a ways to go before being a top 3 producer. As for aspiring film makers and professionals, sadly they are leaving Austin. Rick Perry cut Arts funding in this state last year, causing many to close up shop. Pretty sad because there are a lot of people in DFW and Austin passionate about the industry.
IMDB numbers - Jan 2011 to present. (includes TV)
1948 films - Los Angeles
1028 films - New York
349 films - Vancouver*
193 films - Chicago
156 films - Atlanta
128 films - San francisco
120 films - New Orleans
89 films - Austin
78 films - Portland
*Vancouver's numbers are obviously high due to it having film makers from the US and Canada
You are absolutely correct, rcp. I use to work at one of the largest film studios in the country outside of Hollywood in Louisiana (can't disclose location). There are plenty of buildings that have the movie sets that you probably seen on the big screen already. ( Twilight .) I have personally been on these sets myself. The studios have expanded over the years as an indication that the film industry is here to stay. There are more movies set to be filmed so no it's not going anywhere. Outside of LA and NY, New Orleans-Baton Rouge rank 3rd. The reason why Louisiana is a fast growing film production center is because of the setting and being cheaper on the budget compared to say Warner Brothers in Hollywood. Also keep in mind a movie may be filmed in various location sets around the country not just one.
- nation's oldest street car system
- older than San Francisco founded 1776 inc town 1850 (French Quarter existed in 1734)
- nation's 3rd largest city at one time after Baltimore and NYC by 1840.
- nation's oldest city market
- 9 dialect accents
- birthplace of jazz
- most number of continuous above street balconies along with some of the oldest unique architecture in nation.
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What was to be Emperor Napoleon's residence during his exile but he never made it to America. Napoleon House: History
Nice pics of New Orleans, I was just there... Don't think I could live there though, would wind up drinking too much. I love how some of the brick sidewalks in the streets are so old they warp, and how peoples doorsteps come out in the middle of the sidewalks.
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.) I have personally been on these sets myself. The studios have expanded over the years as an indication that the film industry is here to stay. There are more movies set to be filmed so no it's not going anywhere. Outside of LA and NY, New Orleans-Baton Rouge rank 3rd. The reason why Louisiana is a fast growing film production center is because of the setting and being cheaper on the budget compared to say Warner Brothers in Hollywood. Also keep in mind a movie may be filmed in various location sets around the country not just one.
