New Orleans photos, group one: general photos

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Eleven pics under the cut. Wrought iron, cool buildings, etc.

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This fence was around a palace:



This palace, to be exact:

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This is the view from within Café du Monde:



This is a view of the other side, in the rain:



The weather was quite quixotic. These pics were taken only moments apart, and yet...heavy rain vs. sunshine.

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Someone's front porch.



A gate, further down the street.



Some of the houses have vents built into the walls:



I love this one. It's so beautiful.

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The round windows are unbelievable.



Gorgeous building. julian_black was talking about how the city is half gorgeous, half dilapidated, and wow, she was so totally correct.



Next to this building was this:





And past that was a building with windows broken out. In fact, there were many buildings with businesses in them on the street level, and pigeons roosting in the upper levels.

A detail from one of the buildings:

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And my favorite shot from the city: