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Article: Out of bricks and mortar, a New Orleans tale emerges
- Article from:
- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- August 9, 1998
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright 1998 The Boston Globe. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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NEW ORLEANS -- There are long waiting lists for apartments in the
Pontalba buildings, two red-brick symbols of antebellum grandeur
that face each other across Jackson Square in the French Quarter.
And since the city of New Orleans controls the "Upper Pontalba" and
the state owns the "Lower" there have long been suspicions that
politics helps pick the tenants.
Framing a daily scene of street artists, musicians, tarot seers,
magicians, and mimes, the buildings seem steeped in prestige and
romance, yet few people knew the strange history behind the
properties until the recent publication of the book "Intimate
Enemies," an account of an arranged marriage in the 19th century, a
bloody family ...
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