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Article: French Quarter offers far more than just Bourbon Street; From fine antiques to the French Market, Vieux Carre has it all.(RIMS 2007 New Orleans Conference Preview)(City overview)
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- April 16, 2007
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Byline: DOUGLAS McLEOD
NEW ORLEANS-The French Quarter is the heart and soul of New Orleans, the oldest part of the city and a center of great food, music and culture. It's far more than just Bourbon Street; it's rows of stately antebellum buildings and wonderful shops, galleries, restaurants and music halls. There may be plenty of other places to visit here, but none is more quintessentially New Orleans than the French Quarter.
New Orleans, founded in 1718 around what is now Jackson Square, originally encompassed only the French Quarter, also called Vieux Carre, or "Old Square.'' Control of the city shifted from the French to the Spanish in the late ...