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Taxes Turkey Day Race 44 Washington, George 152
in hotels 163 Turnbull, Daniel 153 Washington Artillery Park 79,
in restaurants 168 Turnbull, Martha 153 132
sales tax reimbursement 182, Turnbull family 153 Washington Square 80
186, 202, 203 Twelfth Night Revelers Krewe 30 Weather 43–5
Taxis 213, 215 U Websites 209
airport 211 Weeks, David 158–9
Telephones 208 Ulloa, Don Antonio de 18 Weeks, Mary Clara 159
Television 209 United Fruit Company 35 Weil, Emile 97
Temperatures 45 Universities Weiss, Dr. Carl A. 149
Tennessee Williams New Orleans Louisiana State University (Baton West, Benjamin 124
Literary Festival and Writers’ Rouge) 148 Wharton, Thomas K. 96
Conference 42 Loyola University 11, 12, 26, 100, Wheelchair access see Disabled
Tennis 121, 199 112 travelers
Theater 192–3, 195 Tulane University 11, 12, 13, 26, White Linen Night 43
Liberty Theater (Eunice) 154, 155 112 Whitney Zoo-to-Do 43
Mahalia Jackson Theater of the Upper French Quarter 53–67 Wilde, Oscar 57
Performing Arts 82 area map 53 Wilkinson, General James 19
New Orleans Contemporary Arts guesthouses 164 Williams, General and Mrs. L.
Center 99 Historic New Orleans Collection Kemper 62
Le Petit Théâtre du Vieux Carré 62–3 Williams, Tennessee
11, 54, 57 hotels 165–7 A Streetcar Named Desire 54,
Saenger Theatre 11, 97 restaurants 174 106
Theft 204, 205 St. Louis Cathedral, Cabildo and Tennessee Williams New Orleans
Thomas, Blanche 81 Presbytère 58–9 Literary Festival and Writers’
Tickets Steamboat Natchez 66–7 Conference 42
air travel 210 Street-by-Street map 54–5 Williams Research Center 62
for entertainments 190 Upper Mississippi Plantations Windrush Gardens (Baton Rouge)
Time zones 203 150–53 149
Tipping 202 Uptown see Garden District and Wine 172
in restaurants 168 Uptown Winter in New Orleans 45
Toby, Thomas 108 Ursuline Sisters 17 Woldenberg, Malcolm
Toby’s Corner 13, 108 Ursulines Street 137 statue of 89
“Touchdown Jesus” 112 US Coast Guard 28 Woldenberg Great Lawn
Tourist information 202, 203 USS Kidd (Baton Rouge) 149 Street-by-Street map 118
Touro, Judah 106 V Woldenberg Riverfront Park 13,
Touro Synagogue 106 90
Tours 194, 195, 214, 216–17 Vegetarian food 169 Mississippi Riverfront walk 132
Toussaint L’Ouverture, Pierre 18, 121 Vermilionville (Lafayette) 142, Street-by-Street map 89
Toy Train Museum 198, 199 156 Women in jazz 81
Traffic regulations 214–15 Vieux Carré 53 Women’s Guild Opera House 13,
Traffic signs 214 Vieux Carré Commission 24 108
Trains 216, 217 Le Vieux Village (Opelousas) 155 Street-by-Street map 103
arriving in New Orleans 211 Vigée Le Brun, Elisabeth Wood, Alexander Thompson 96
Travel 210–17 Marie Antoinette 123 Wood & Perot 41, 79
air 210–11 Visas 202, 203, 211 Woodruff, Clark 153
Beyond New Orleans 142 Voodoo 85 The World Jeweler 48
buses 211, 212 Bayou St. John 121 World Trade Center 24–5, 91
ferries and cruises 217 What to buy in New Orleans 189 Street-by-Street map 88
getting around New Orleans Voting Rights Act (1965) 25 World War I 24
212–15 World War II 24
long-distance buses 216, 217 W National WWII Museum 13, 99
outside New Orleans 216–17 Walks 131–7, 212, 213 Y
riverboats and ferries 213 Faubourg St. John walk 136–7
St. Charles Avenue Streetcar 106–7 guided tours 214 Yellow fever epidemics 20
streetcars 212–13 Lower Garden District 134–5 You, Dominique 61
taxis 211, 213, 215 Mississippi Riverfront walk 132–3 grave 85
trains 211, 216, 217 tours 194, 195 Youth hostels 162–3
Travel insurance 205 War of 1812 19 Z
Traveler’s checks 206 Warehouse and Central Business
in shops 182 Districts 87–99 Zemurray, Samuel 35
Treme see Lower French Quarter, area map 87 Zoos
Marigny, and Treme Audubon Aquarium of the Audubon Zoo 11, 12, 13, 43, 44,
Tulane, Paul 112 Americas 92–3 114–15, 198
Tulane University 112 Central Business District: Street- see also Aquariums
Great days in New Orleans 11, 12, by-Street map 88–9 Zulu Krewe 31
13 hotels 165–7 Zydeco music 154, 157, 186, 191,
Hurricane Katrina 26 restaurants 176–7 196

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