If I remember my French, the Vieux Carre--ie, the cool part of New Orleans--means Old Quarter/Section, doesn't it? I'm thinking that's the part of town far enough from the river to avoid the worst of the plagues so that the rich folk would build nice houses. It might also mean that it's the oldest part not to be destroyed.
Vieux Carre is right on the river, though. Jackson Square is about 100 feet from the Mississippi. The really nice house are out in the Garden District, which is a little inland. Matters not. Hec has spoken. We'll fanwank it somehow.
Never mind, all I know of the Big Easy I learned from watching tapes of their news broadcasts for a couple of years. Much fun, when the healthy chef comes to town to preach the gospel of low-fat, low-sodium. "Not use butter? But--why? Don't we want it to taste good? Really, you can go too far with this low-fat thing, too, don't you think?" Puzzled Cajuns staring at horrified dieticians, big fun in the bayou.
Oh, the Vieux Carre of New Orleans has some amazingly expensive homes. So if you need opulence there, you can have it.
There could be a gentification effort along the waterfront, as long as methods of transport other than ships are now in effect. You know, converting those weedy waterfront warehouses to upscale condos, restaurants and shops.
Of course the present residents might not appreciate the deep-pocketed Nouveaus moving in.
Ever been down... I think it's Water Street, or possibly River Street, in Savannah? It's very gentrified along the pedestrian street, now, though the upper storys are still a bit run-down and raffish-looking. And pretty.
Add some gargoyles to the top of this, and I think we have Van Dyke's Folly.
Yep, Sullivan. The man knew tall buildings.
Ooh, nice! And you've placed them between every other pair of arched windows. Very nice.
They're really just scaled-down and twiddled-with versions of the eagle on the fountain. I could replace them with proper gargoyles, if you like.
Not at all, they look proper enough to me, and it's a good thematic reflection, matching the building to the fountain.
