Page 90 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - New Orleans

88  NE W ORLEANS AREA B Y AREA

Street-by-Street: CBD

When the Americans arrived from the North in the early 1800s,
they developed the uptown side of Canal Street. It is still the
city’s commercial area, where the headquarters of oil, energy,
and banking corporations and many public institutions are
located. The median running through the middle of Canal
Street was the neutral ground separating the English-speaking
Americans from the French-speaking Creole community.
Today, Canal Street is lined with hotels, restaurants, and stores.
A casino and the ferry to Algiers are located at the riverfront end.
During the last three decades, the riverfront has been totally 6 Harrah’s Casino
This enormous casino, with its
redeveloped with parks, walks, and such major attractions as garish over-the-top decor, is open
the Aquarium and the Outlet Collection at Riverwalk. 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
5 World Trade Center
Built in the shape of a Greek
cross, this 1960s skyscraper
towers over the river, port,
and Warehouse District. TCHOUPITOULAS STREET

4 The Outlet Collection
at Riverwalk
Containing more than
120 stores, including a
huge food court, this
is one of the largest
malls in the city.

2 Ferry to Algiers
A ferry takes visitors across the
Mississippi to Algiers.

3 Spanish Plaza Mississippi river
Located next to the Outlet Collection at . River Cruises
Riverwalk, this plaza was dedicated by The Creole Queen
Spain to the City of New Orleans in 1976. paddlewheeler offers
It has a beautiful fountain at its center. narrated tours of the
New Orleans riverfront
(see p213).

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Eyewitness Travel LAYERS PRINTED:
Starsight template “UK” LAYER
(Source v2.7)
Date 24th April 2013
Size 125mm x 217mm