05-23-2011, 11:31 PM
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The Downspout of America
For New Orleanians who don't see the Mississippi River every day, it's easy to forget that one of the great wonders of the world sits just beyond a knoll (sometimes it's a concrete wall) along the waterfront. That knoll and wall run from the Riverbend area where people fly kites and walk dogs, past the wharves and docks tourists never see, past the Aquarium of the Americas and Jax Brewery, down through the Marigny and Bywater and 9th Ward, and a round a curve down to the Gulf of Mexico.… [ Read more ]
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