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A Day Around Jackson Square
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New Orleans' Jackson Square is generally considered the aesthetic heart of the Big Easy. It's situated in the French Quarter, its northern boundary defined by the St. Louis Cathedral. The square was the site of the ceremony marking the Louisiana Purchase in 1803, and after the Battle of New Orleans in 1815 it was named after the USA's victorious general Andrew Jackson; the statue of the USA's 7th president came in the 1850's. Check out this important historical site from above in this drone video by Bumble Bee Productions.
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A beautiful historical part of New Orleans that may be in harms way so I decided to drone the Jackson Square and area in case something crazy does happen. Wikipedia tidbit: Jackson Square is a historic park in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960, for its central role in the city's history, and as the site where in 1803 Louisiana was made United States territory pursuant to the Louisiana Purchase. In 2012 the American Planning Association designated Jackson Square as one of the Great Public Spaces in the United States. Jackson Square was designed after the famous 17th-century Place des Vosges in Paris, France, by the architect and landscape architect Louis H. Pilié. Jackson Square is roughly the size of a city block. Sculptor Clark Mills' equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson (a recasting of the Washington, D.C., statue), hero of the Battle of New Orleans and seventh U.S. President for whom the former military parade ground was named, was erected in 1856.[citation needed] Iron fences, walkways, benches, and Parisian-style landscaping remain intact from the original design by Micaela Almonester, Baroness de Pontalba, in 1851. She also built the Pontalba Buildings, which flank the old square. The flagpole, symbolizing the 1803 ceremonial transfers from Spain to France and then from France to the United States, reflects Louisiana's rich colonial history. During the 1930s, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) repainted façades, renovated buildings, and improved landscaping in and around the park. In 1971, the pedestrian zone in the vicinity of Jackson Square was created, when three surrounding streets were closed to vehicular traffic — Chartres, St. Peter, and St. Ann.