My (Very) Favorite New Orleans Links
Just Like Being There:

Live New Orleans WebCams
"I will remember you...will you remember me?"

Virtual Tour of Jackson Square
Preservation Hall
New Orleans Jazz Radio Station WWOZ - Live Stream
New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival
Lagniappe Radio Network Streaming Stations
New Orleans Podcasting
Podcast: Interview with the Roman Candy Man
Coleen Perilloux Landry's Photo Galleries (Wonderful, don't miss!)
New Orleans: variety of great photo galleries:   2/15-20/05
2/20-27/05   3/6-10/05   3/12-26/05   3/3/27-4/03/05   4/3-11/05   4/11-17/05
4/17-24/05   4/24-30/05   4/4/30-5/3/05   5/4-9/05   5/9-14/05   5/14-15/05
5/16-22/05   5/22-30/05   6/1-5/05   6/8-18/05   7/4-10/05   7/10-18/05
Gallier and Hermann-Grima Houses
The National WWII D-Day Museum
Photos by Kathleen K. Parker
La Belle Cuisine
Frank Davis Naturally N'Awlins, WWL-TV
The Gumbo Pages
Blake Pontchartrain
"
I always had a dream of goin' down to New Orleans"
Sweet Pea's Place
Linda Kish's New Orleans Photos
Blair on the Air

Nostalgia:

WDSU TV station:  Photos & Stories
WWL TV station:  Photos & Stories
New Orleans Streetcar Album by H. Geo. Friedman, Jr.
Canal Streetcar.com:  Streetcars of New Orleans
Streetcar Mike's:  Photos by Michael Strauch
Morgus the Magnificent
Bob Walker's New Orleans Radio Shrine
Bob Walker's New Orleans Jukebox Gold Website
Bob Walker's Jukebox Gold Podcast
Frankie Ford's Website
Milneburg/Pontchartrain Beach Lighthouse
Back to the Beach
The Centanni Family Page
NPR:  Snowballs:  New Orleans Summer Tradition
Memorial to the Snowball Lady (Orleans Parish USGenWeb Archives)
K & B Memorabilia Page at Streetcar Mike's
Rex Parade, 1941, Video
Parade of Nor, 1941, Video
"I got oranges and bananas today" Video
Do you remember Dr. Nut Soda?
Saving Mr. Bingle: Oscar Isentrout gets a Tombstone
Blair on the Air's Artist Page
Joe Carvajal's Photos of the Audubon Park Pool
McDonogh H.S.: Class of 1964

Resources, Information and History:

NewOrleans.com
City of New Orleans Website
French Quarter.com
A Coalition Effort to Collect our Stories & Rebuild our Culture
Preserve New Orleans
Preservation Resource Center:  Preserving N. O. Architecture & Neighborhoods
Historic New Orleans Collection
New Orleans History Museums
Melting Pot by Mel Leavitt
Articles from the Louisiana Historical Quarterly
Louisiana Digital Library
FrenchCreoles.com
New Orleans Public Library
Historical Maps of Louisiana
Colonial History of Louisiana
Archival Research Repositories in New Orleans
LA Native Guards: Photos & excellent History of the Famed Black Regiment
New Orleans Architecture Database
Changes in N. O. Street Names, 1852-1938
New Orleans Conservation Guild
Immigration, Ethnicities & Historical Research in N. O.
Hurricane Camille Image Gallery
Hurricane Camille Photos & Story
Orleans Parish USGenWeb Site
Info & Photos: New Orleans Churches
Algiers Historical Society

Articles, Resources on Levee Failures, 8/29/05:

Levees.org
Women of the Storm
Levees Not War
Fix the Pumps
How the City Flooded - NOVA flash presentation; Timeline & Photos
How the City Flooded - Times-Picayune Interactive Presentation
Hurricane Katrina Base Map Index
Voices of Katrina
Lives Connected
Lives Lost:  The Life Stories of the Victims   (Orleans Parish USGenWeb Archives)
Memorial to the Snowball Lady (Orleans Parish USGenWeb Archives)
Letter from Lakeview

Shop New Orleans:

Pelican Publishing Company
Preservation Hall - The Store
The Art of Alan Flattmann
Roman Candy Man
Gambino's Bakery
Haydel's Bakery
Frank Davis Strictly N'Awlins Kitchen
The Watercolors of Peter Briant
Great Vintage Photos of N.O. on DVD's; also, a Katrina DVD - Bruce Seibert
Vieux Carre Vinyl - Collectible Records
French Market Coffee
Community Coffee
Elmer's Candies - Oldest family-owned chocolate company in America!
Evans Creole Candy Factory
Aunt Sally's Pralines
Blue Frog Chocolates
Cafe Du Monde
Hubig's Pies   (What are Hubig's Pies?)
Uglesich's Restaurant - Online Shop
Mignon Faget Jewelry
Photoworks: Louis Sahuc French Quarter Photography
Chi-wa-wa Ga-ga   (Snazzy clothes & Mardi Gras costumes for dogs  -  While you're
there, don't forget to go to the gallery & check out my little buddy, Abby Corona!)
Louie's Juke Joint - N.O. music, folk art, posters, autographs, more

Support Good Causes:


New Orleans Public Library Rebuilding Campaign
Lake Pontchartrain Basin Foundation - New Basin Lighthouse Rescue
Help Restore City Park   ~&~  City Park Photos: Destruction & Recovery
Greater New Orleans and Acadiana Second Harvest Food Bank
Save Our Cemeteries - Cemetery Restoration
Louisiana SPCA
Levees.org Store
New Orleans Jazz Station WWOZ Musician Aid
National WWII Museum
Tipitina's Foundation
Blue Dog Relief - Art of George Rodrigue
Preservation Resource Center:  Rebuilding Together
Kingsley House


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Welcome to my very favorite New Orleans links page.  My first thought was to make this a list of "old" New Orleans links...but there are too many interesting sites of the current-day variety, so I decided to include the new along with the old.  I've attempted to group the links by category, however, like a lot of things in my hometown, some things defy categorization!  And some sites could fit in 2 or 3 different categories.  So don't depend too heavily on the heading!

Whether you're at home in New Orleans, a transplanted native or a cyber-tourist, I hope you enjoy these sites as much as I have.  Many are absolute treasures!

Nancy Brister