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South Claiborne Overpass from Poydras to Canal

South Claiborne Avenue Overpass from Tulane Avenue east bound, showing Cleveland Street on-ramp Attached text: Rapidly approaching completion is the section of Interstate 10 from Orleans Avenue to Tulane Avenue. This project of the State Highway…

Surveying proposed ill-fated expressway site at Jackson Square, Mayor Schiro, Councilman James Moreau

Sketch of park labeled: "River Front and Elysian Fields Expressway, New Orleans, Louisiana. Vieux Carré. Louisiana Department of Highways. Rader and Associates - Engineers and Architects - Miami, Florida - New Orleans, Louisiana." On reverse:…

B&W photo, circa 1930s. Delord Sarpy House, Howard Ave. near Camp St., New Orleans, Louisiana. Written on photo: Once a plantation house facing the Mississippi River.

Attached text: This panoramic view of New Orleans' central business district shows, at lower left, the giant $5 million South Claiborne Overpass, and, at right, the new Union Passenger Terminal. in the lower center of the photo can be seen South…

Report on the activities and state of the Vieux Carre Commission

This is a selection of pottery typical of the French Colonial era in New Orleans (ca. 1710-1769), recovered during utility work near the site of Spanish Fort.