Driving Downtown - New Orleans Garden District - New Orleans USA
Driving Downtown Streets - Magazine Street - New Orleans Louisiana USA - Episode 50.
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Magazine Street in New Orleans, Louisiana is one of the south’s most recognized thoroughfares.
Magazine Street is Main Street USA in true New Orleans style, offering an array of experiences with incredible flavor. While you will find a few national brands, locally owned businesses are the norm. Unique boutiques, top chefs, arts studios, and markets have been popping up along this exceptional thoroughfare since the early days of New Orleans.
Visually, the street offers an abundance of historic buildings from mansions, (now housing elegant bed & breakfasts or single family homes) to Victorian row houses, some residential, some art galleries, some local shops; to a renovated bus barn, converted to a neighborhood grocery.
The downriver end of Magazine Street is at Canal Street; on the other side of Canal Street in the French Quarter the street becomes Decatur Street. From Canal through the Central Business District and Lower Garden District, Magazine Street is one-way in the upriver direction; downriver traffic forks to join Camp Street, the next street away from the river. Above Felicity Street to the far Uptown end it has a lane of traffic going in both directions with parking on both sides.
The Garden District is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
The area was originally developed between 1832 and 1900 and is considered one of the best-preserved collections of historic mansions in the Southern United States.
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The city is named after the Duke of Orleans, who reigned as Regent for Louis XV from 1715 to 1723, as it was established by French colonists and strongly influenced by their European culture. It is well known for its distinct French and Spanish Creole architecture, as well as its cross-cultural and multilingual heritage.[8] New Orleans is also famous for its cuisine, music (particularly as the birthplace of jazz),[9][10] and its annual celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras, dating to French colonial times. The city is often referred to as the most unique[11] in the United States.
Economy
New Orleans has one of the largest and busiest ports in the world, and metropolitan New Orleans is a center of maritime industry. The New Orleans region also accounts for a significant portion of the nation's oil refining and petrochemical production, and serves as a white-collar corporate base for onshore and offshore petroleum and natural gas production.
Tourism
New Orleans has many visitor attractions, from the world-renowned French Quarter; to St. Charles Avenue, (home of Tulane and Loyola Universities, the historic Pontchartrain Hotel, and many 19th-century mansions); to Magazine Street, with its boutique stores and antique shops. According to current travel guides, New Orleans is one of the top ten most-visited cities in the United States; 10.1 million visitors came to New Orleans in 2004.
The French Quarter (known locally as the Quarter or Vieux Carré), which was the colonial-era city and is bounded by the Mississippi River, Rampart Street, Canal Street, and Esplanade Avenue, contains many popular hotels, bars, and nightclubs. Notable tourist attractions in the Quarter include Bourbon Street, Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, the French Market (including Café du Monde, famous for café au lait and beignets), and Preservation Hall.
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Fun area with street painters, musicians and jugglers.
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- ... Artists display their masterpieces in Jackson Square for an inexpensive, artsy momento ...
- ... Catfish, red beans with rice, jambalaya, and bread pudding, YUM After the river run, I walked through Jackson Square (named after Andrew Jackson ) and into the French Quarter ...
- ... I also saw Jackson Square where most of the street performers play ...
- ... day in the French Quarter, Susie and Shirley bought masks, We Had luch at K Pauls Louisianna Cafe and walked up Bourbon Street to Jackson Square, Tommorrow we are going to Baton Rouge as the ladies want to shop at kohls and us guys will go to ...
- ... - the Louisianna Superdome (absolutely massive), Lafayette Park and a few other places then went to read my book for a while in Jackson Square - not a bad day! Then I got an early night for my early morning airport pickup for the flight to Washington DC ...
- ... Jackson Square We checked out Jackson Square, a lush park in the park in the middle of the Quarter that ...
- ... We then went to Cafe Dumond to enjoy some dessert and then strolled by Jackson square where there is the oldest church in America ...
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- Jackson Square, Historic French Quarter by Marjorie from a blog titled Good times in N'awlins
- Jackson Square with Cathedral behind by Bodeenstravels from a blog titled My first look at the French Quarter
- Jackson Square & St Louis Cathedral by Thesairs from a blog titled 8 days of exploring...
- Andrew Jackson at Jackson Square by Bodeenstravels from a blog titled My first look at the French Quarter
- Jackson Square in French Quarter by C_villa from a blog titled The Big Easy....Always an Experience
- Jackson Square. New Orleans, LA by Sschwaiger from a blog titled Day 16, 17 & 18: New Orleans, Louisiana
- A view through Jackson Square by Calmyourjets from a blog titled Apparently Soul is Waterproof
- Jackson Square, New Orleans by Theb from a blog titled Nawlins
- JQ at Jackson Square by Johnrandall from a blog titled New Orleans
- Jackson Square by Jay29 from a blog titled Mardi Gras!
- Jackson Square by Bradleyt from a blog titled The first rule of daiquiri club is: watch ...
- Jackson Square by Calmyourjets from a blog titled Apparently Soul is Waterproof
- Jackson Square by Kellyjohn from a blog titled The Big Easy
- Jackson Square by Sackitoff from a blog titled Nawlins (New Orleans, in case that wasn't clear)
- Jackson Square by Rama0999 from a blog titled Hey there Frenchy
- Jackson Square by Bodeenstravels from a blog titled My first look at the French Quarter
- Jackson Square by Martin_reto from a blog titled New Orleans
Marine Corps Band New Orleans in New York - Day One - With Voiceover
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Marines with Marine Corps Band New Orleans performed a concert in Washington Square Park in New York, June 14, 2017. The band performed for the Marine Corps Reserve Centennial celebration. They will be performing multiple performances June 14-16 in locations across the city.
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Jackson Square Tour | French Quarter New Orleans
Jackson Square in New Orleans in located along the Mississippi river banks in the French Quarter. It was the birthplace of Louisiana in 1803, a National Historic Park, and the American Planning Association designated Jackson Square as one of America’s Great Public Spaces.
Jackson Square is surrounded by history dating back to early 1700 when the St. Louis Cathedral was built, is flanked by the oldest continuous rental apartments in the United States, and home of the French Quarter Festival.
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Andrew “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 a United States territory pursuant to the Louisiana Purchase. In the background one can see the historic Saint Louis Cathedral.
“Washington Artillery Park” has a mounted Civil War cannon that pays tribute to the 141st Field Artillery of the Louisiana National Guard. The park overlooks the Mississippi River and has granite stair leading to the water’s edge.
Additional note: The cannon (model 1861 Parrott Rifle) honors the men of the Battalion Washington Artillery, a Louisiana National Guard unit formed in New Olreans in 1838 as the Washington Artillery Company.
New Orleans, Louisiana - Jackson Square (2020)
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.[citation needed] Jackson Square is roughly the size of a city block (GPS +29.95748 -090.06310).
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.
The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré, is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. After New Orleans (La Nouvelle-Orléans in French) was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, the city developed around the Vieux Carré (Old Square in English), a central square. The district is more commonly called the French Quarter today, or simply The Quarter, related to changes in the city with American immigration after the Louisiana Purchase. Most of the extant historic buildings were constructed either in the late 18th century, during the city's period of Spanish rule, or were built during the first half of the 19th century, after U.S. annexation and statehood.
The district as a whole has been designated as a National Historic Landmark, with numerous contributing buildings that are separately deemed significant. It is a prime tourist destination in the city, as well as attracting local residents. Because of its distance from areas where the levee was breached during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 as well as the strength and height of the nearest Mississippi River Levees in contrast to other levees along the canals and lakefront, it suffered relatively light damage from floodwater as compared to other areas of the city and the greater region.
New Orleans is a consolidated city-parish located along the Mississippi River in the southeastern region of the U.S. state of Louisiana. With an estimated population of 391,006 in 2018, it is the most populous city in Louisiana. Serving as a major port, New Orleans is considered an economic and commercial hub for the broader Gulf Coast region of the United States.
New Orleans is world-renowned for its distinct music, Creole cuisine, unique dialect, and its annual celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras. The historic heart of the city is the French Quarter, known for its French and Spanish Creole architecture and vibrant nightlife along Bourbon Street. The city has been described as the most unique in the United States, owing in large part to its cross-cultural and multilingual heritage. Founded in 1718 by French colonists, New Orleans was once the territorial capital of French Louisiana before being traded to the United States in the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. New Orleans in 1840 was the third-most populous city in the United States, and it was the largest city in the American South from the Antebellum era until after World War II. The city's location and flat elevation have historically made it very vulnerable to flooding. State and federal authorities have installed a complex system of levees and drainage pumps in an effort to protect the city.
New Orleans was severely affected by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005, which resulted in flooding more than 80% of the city, thousands of deaths, and so much displacement because of damaged communities and lost housing as to cause a population decline of over 50%. Since Katrina, major redevelopment efforts have led to a rebound in the city's population. Concerns about gentrification, new residents buying property in formerly closely knit communities, and displacement of longtime residents have been expressed.
Street Piano @Washington Square Park New York
Street Piano @Washington Square Park New York
Places to see in ( New Orleans - USA ) Jackson Square
Places to see in ( New Orleans - USA ) Jackson Square
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 America’s Great Public Spaces.
ackson 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. 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.
In the Reconstruction Era, Jackson Square served as an arsenal. During the insurrection following the disputed 1872 gubernatorial election, in March 1873, it was the site of the Battle of Jackson Square. A several-thousand-man militia under John McEnery, the Democratic claimant to the office of the Governor, defeated the New Orleans militia, seizing control of the state's buildings and armory for a few days. They retreated before the arrival of Federal forces, which temporarily re-established order.
Chartres St., in front of Saint Louis Cathedral, the Presbytère, and the Cabildo, is shared by visitors and artists, musicians, and varied street performers, such as jugglers and magicians. The performers generally work for tips. On the other two sides of the square are the Pontalba Buildings, matching red-brick, block-long, 4‑story buildings built in the 1840s. The ground floors house shops and restaurants; the upper floors are apartments, the oldest continuously-rented apartments in North America.
Diagonally across Decatur Street upriver from Jackson Square is the Jax Brewery building, the original home of a favorite local beer. After the company ceased to operate independently, the building was converted into several businesses, including restaurants and specialty shops. In recent years, some retail space has been converted into luxury condominiums.
Diagonally across Decatur Street downriver from the square is Café du Monde, open 24 hours a day. Part of the historic French Market, it is known for its café au lait, prepared with chicory, and for its beignets, served there continuously since the Civil War days.
Jackson Square has been the site of hundreds of live music events, including the September 9, 2010, Dave Matthews Band and Taylor Swift performance to kick off the 2010 NFL season for the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints.
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Franklinton Louisiana Downtown Driving Tour
Driving through downtown Franklinton, Louisiana.
Franklinton is a town in and the parish seat of Washington Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 3,657 at the 2000 census. The elevation is an average of 155 feet above sea level. Located 61 miles north of New Orleans, the town's name is pronounced locally as Frank-lin-ton. Wikipedia
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Walking tour in New Orleans as we visit the French Quarter and its many famous sites.
One hour walk through the old French Quarter as we visit New Orleans, passing in front of St Louis Cathedral and many familiar Vieux Carre architectural sites.
We walk down Chartres all the way to Elysian Fields Ave and then walk up Royal St in the French Quarter. Many old and historic buildings and businesses here to be seen. Enjoy!
Driving Downtown - World's Oldest Streetcar Line - New Orleans USA
Driving Downtown Streets - St Charles Avenue - New Orleans Louisiana USA - Episode 47.
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The St. Charles Streetcar line is a historic streetcar line in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the oldest continuously operating streetcar line in the world, as it has been in operation since 1835. It is operated by the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA). Officially the St. Charles Streetcar line is internally designated as Route 12, and it runs along its namesake street, St. Charles Avenue. It is the busiest route in the RTA system as it is heavily used by local commuters and tourists. On most RTA maps and publications, it is denoted in green, which is also the color of the streetcars on this line.
New Orleans, Louisiana, which has the oldest continuously operating street railway system in the world, according to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers.
St. Charles Avenue is a thoroughfare in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. and the home of the St. Charles Streetcar Line. It is also famous for the dozens of mansions that adorn the tree-lined boulevard for much of the uptown section of the boulevard.
The Southern live oak trees, plentiful in the historic Garden District, were planted during the early twentieth century.
St. Charles Avenue is one of the chief Mardi Gras parade routes.
New Orleans
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The city is named after the Duke of Orleans, who reigned as Regent for Louis XV from 1715 to 1723, as it was established by French colonists and strongly influenced by their European culture. It is well known for its distinct French and Spanish Creole architecture, as well as its cross-cultural and multilingual heritage.[8] New Orleans is also famous for its cuisine, music (particularly as the birthplace of jazz),[9][10] and its annual celebrations and festivals, most notably Mardi Gras, dating to French colonial times. The city is often referred to as the most unique[11] in the United States.
Economy
New Orleans has one of the largest and busiest ports in the world, and metropolitan New Orleans is a center of maritime industry. The New Orleans region also accounts for a significant portion of the nation's oil refining and petrochemical production, and serves as a white-collar corporate base for onshore and offshore petroleum and natural gas production.
Tourism
New Orleans has many visitor attractions, from the world-renowned French Quarter; to St. Charles Avenue, (home of Tulane and Loyola Universities, the historic Pontchartrain Hotel, and many 19th-century mansions); to Magazine Street, with its boutique stores and antique shops. According to current travel guides, New Orleans is one of the top ten most-visited cities in the United States; 10.1 million visitors came to New Orleans in 2004.
The French Quarter (known locally as the Quarter or Vieux Carré), which was the colonial-era city and is bounded by the Mississippi River, Rampart Street, Canal Street, and Esplanade Avenue, contains many popular hotels, bars, and nightclubs. Notable tourist attractions in the Quarter include Bourbon Street, Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, the French Market (including Café du Monde, famous for café au lait and beignets), and Preservation Hall.
Streetcars
New Orleans has four active streetcar lines:
St. Charles Streetcar Line
Riverfront Streetcar Line
Canal Streetcar Line
Loyola-UPT Streetcar Line
Places to see in ( New Orleans - USA )
Places to see in ( New Orleans - USA )
New Orleans is a Louisiana city on the Mississippi River, near the Gulf of Mexico. Nicknamed the Big Easy, it's known for its round-the-clock nightlife, vibrant live-music scene and spicy, singular cuisine reflecting its history as a melting pot of French, African and American cultures. Embodying its festive spirit is Mardi Gras, the late-winter carnival famed for raucous costumed parades and street parties.
The things that make life worth living – eating, drinking and the making of merriment – are the air that New Orleans breathes. We hope you’re not reading this at home. We hope you’re in New Orleans, because you’re about to eat better than most others. When it comes to food, New Orleans does not fool around. Well, OK, it does: its playful attitude to ingredients and recipes mixes (for example) alligator sausage and cheesecake into a dessert fit for the gods. This sense of gastronomic play is rooted in both deep traditions – truly, this city has one of the few indigenous cuisines in the country – and, increasingly, a willingness to accommodate outside influences, both in terms of technique and ethnicity.
We're not exaggerating when we say there is either a festival or a parade every week of the year in New Orleans. Sometimes, such as during Mardi Gras or Jazz Fest, it feels like there’s a new party for every hour of the day. At almost any celebration in town, people engage in masking – donning a new appearance via some form of costuming – while acting out the satyric side of human behavior. But the celebrations and rituals of New Orleans are as much about history as hedonism, and every dance is as much an expression of tradition and community spirit as it is of joy.
The Crescent City has suffered plagues, wars, imperial regime changes and devastating floods. Yet, it always wakes up with a smile on its face. This may be because its inhabitants step to an easy beat first laid down three centuries ago. Moving at this relaxed pace, visitors are delighted by the French Creole elegance of the Vieux Carre (French Quarter) or the opulence discovered in a streetcar ride through the Garden District and Uptown.
Anytime of year find live music, amazing Creole and Cajun cuisine, fresh seafood, farmers markets, shopping, nightlife and more. During Mardi Gras season, the city becomes the world’s center. Downtown transforms into an adult playground, while parades in residential areas provide children thrilling entertainment. Each spring, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival moves the focus to the charming Gentilly area and the Fair Grounds Race Course. But no matter the time of year, New Orleans' calendar overflows in celebration.
A lot to see in New Orleans such as :
Bourbon Street
Jackson Square
Garden District
Cafe Du Monde
Frenchmen Street
St. Louis Cathedral
Royal Street, New Orleans
The National WWII Museum
Audubon Aquarium of the Americas
City Park
Audubon Zoo
French Market - Shops of the Colonnade
Faubourg Marigny
Preservation Hall
Tremé
Saint Louis Cemetery No. 2
Lake Pontchartrain
Magazine Street
Audubon Zoo
Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium
The Cabildo
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1
Louis Armstrong Park
Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve
Harrah's Casino New Orleans
New Orleans Museum of Art
Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Canal Street, New Orleans
Mardi Gras World
Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans
Algiers Point
The Presbytère
Lafayette Cemetery No. 1
New Orleans Historic Voodoo Museum
Woldenberg Park
Louisiana Children's Museum
Carousel Gardens Amusement Park
The Historic New Orleans Collection
Bayou Segnette State Park
Old Ursuline Convent Museum
Bayou St. John
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
Warehouse District
Central Grocery and Deli
New Orleans Pharmacy Museum
Congo Square
Lalaurie Mansion
New Orleans Original Cocktail Walking Tour
New Orleans Botanical Garden
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Busking in Washington Square Park
Impromptu gig in WSP, which made my trip to NYC.
Lafayette Square
In the middle of the New Orleans Urban Jungle is a Square of Peace and Music.
Walk down Bourbon Street in Morning New Orleans Louisiana USA
peaceful at 7 am as city cleans up the famous street
CHRIS ACROSS AMERICA: FreeRunning through every state in the USA
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A road trip through all 50 states in the USA.
America is truly a beautiful country. Every state unique. Every state with something truly special. I tried to visit some of the most iconic places in each state, but throughout my journey, I found that the most amazing things were actually the people I met a long the way.
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Itinerary:
ALABAMA - U.S. Space & Rocket Center
ALASKA - Mt. McKinley
ARIZONA - Grand Canyon
ARKANSAS - Forrest city
CALIFORNIA - Los Angeles
COLORADO - Great Sand Dunes National Park
CONNECTICUT - The University of Bridgeport
DELAWARE - Nemours Mansion
FLORIDA - Walt Disney World
GEORGIA - Georgia Aquarium
HAWAII - Lanikai Beach
IDAHO - Wallace Silver mining country
ILLINOIS - Chicago's Millenium Park
INDIANA - Indy 500
IOWA - Field of Dreams
KANSAS - The Flint Hills
KENTUCKY - Kentucky Derby
LOUISIANA - New Orleans
MAINE - Portland Head Lighthouse Cape Elizabeth
MARYLAND - Gaylord Convention Center
MASSACHUSETTS - Boston
MICHIGAN - Lake Michigan
MINNESOTA - Mall of America
MISSISSIPPI - Riverboat on the Mississippi River
MISSOURI - St. Louis Arch
MONTANA - Glacier National Park
NEBRASKA - Chimney Rock
NEVADA - Las Vegas
NEW HAMPSHIRE - The Washington Resort
NEW JERSEY - The Jersey Turnpike
NEW MEXICO - Chaco Canyon
NEW YORK - Times Square
NORTH CAROLINA - Kitty Hawk
NORTH DAKOTA - Rugby
OHIO - Longaberger Basket
OKLAHOMA - Oklahoma City Memorial
OREGON - The Lan Su Yuan
PENNSYLVANIA - Independence Hall
RHODE ISLAND - Newport
SOUTH CAROLINA - Black Water Swamp
SOUTH DAKOTA - Mt. Rushmore
TENNESSEE - Graceland
TEXAS - The Alamo
UTAH - Arches National Park
VERMONT - State House
VIRGINIA - Luray Caverns
WASHINGTON - Seattle Space Needle
WEST VIRGINIA - New River Gorge Bridge
WISCONSIN - Green Bay Packers Stadium
WYOMING - Yellowstone National Park
WASHINGTON D.C. - The U.S. Capitol
Driving Downtown - Washington DC 4K - USA
Driving Downtown - Washington District of Columbia USA - Episode 24.
Starting Point: 16th Street - .
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. The signing of the Residence Act on July 16, 1790, approved the creation of a capital district located along the Potomac River on the country's East Coast. The U.S. Constitution provided for a federal district under the exclusive jurisdiction of the Congress and the District is therefore not a part of any U.S. state.
The states of Maryland and Virginia each donated land to form the federal district, which included the pre-existing settlements of Georgetown and Alexandria. Named in honor of George Washington, one of the United States' founding fathers and the leader of the American Continental Army who won the Revolutionary War, the City of Washington was founded in 1791 to serve as the new national capital. In 1846, Congress returned the land originally ceded by Virginia; in 1871, it created a single municipal government for the remaining portion of the District.
Washington had an estimated population of 672,228 as of July 2015. Commuters from the surrounding Maryland and Virginia suburbs raise the city's population to more than one million during the workweek. The Washington metropolitan area, of which the District is a part, has a population of over 6 million, the sixth-largest metropolitan statistical area in the country.
The centers of all three branches of the federal government of the United States are in the District, including the Congress, President, and Supreme Court. Washington is home to many national monuments and museums, which are primarily situated on or around the National Mall. The city hosts 176 foreign embassies as well as the headquarters of many international organizations, trade unions, non-profit organizations, lobbying groups, and professional associations.
A locally elected mayor and a 13‑member council have governed the District since 1973. However, the Congress maintains supreme authority over the city and may overturn local laws. D.C. residents elect a non-voting, at-large congressional delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, but the District has no representation in the U.S. Senate. The District receives three electoral votes in presidential elections as permitted by the Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, ratified in 1961.
Tourism
Tourism is Washington's second largest industry. Approximately 18.9 million visitors contributed an estimated $4.8 billion to the local economy in 2012.[128] The District also hosts nearly 200 foreign embassies and international organizations such as the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organization of American States, the Inter-American Development Bank, and the Pan American Health Organization. In 2008, the foreign diplomatic corps in Washington employed about 10,000 people and contributed an estimated $400 million annually to the local economy.[81]
The District has growing industries not directly related to government, especially in the areas of education, finance, public policy, and scientific research. Georgetown University, George Washington University, Washington Hospital Center, Children's National Medical Center and Howard University are the top five non-government-related employers in the city as of 2009.[129] According to statistics compiled in 2011, four of the largest 500 companies in the country were headquartered in the District.[130]
Sports
Washington is one of 12 cities in the United States with teams from all four major professional men's sports and is home to one major professional women's team. The Washington Wizards (National Basketball Association), the Washington Capitals (National Hockey League), and the Washington Mystics (Women's National Basketball Association), play at the Verizon Center in Chinatown. Nationals Park, which opened in Southeast D.C. in 2008, is home to the Washington Nationals (Major League Baseball). D.C. United (Major League Soccer) plays at RFK Stadium. The Washington Redskins (National Football League) play at nearby FedExField in Landover, Maryland.
Top 10 Attractions - TripAdvisor
Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
National Gallery of Art
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Library of Congress
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Korean War Veterans Memorial
Newseum
National World War II Memorial
Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial
USA Road Trip II: New York - Los Angeles
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In august 2012 I drove through the USA from New York to Los Angeles with my wife.
We saw Washingon D.C., New Orleans, Houston, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
The visited states were New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, VIrginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah, Arizona, Nevada and California.
0:00 - The numbers
0:08 - The Pasific (Los Angeles), Big Bend (Texas), Valley of the Gods (Utah), White Sands (New Mexico), Grand Canyon (Arizona)
0:20 - New York, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Los Angeles
0:25 - Causeway Bridge, Lake Pontchartrain (Louisiana), Monument Valley (Utah / Arizona) etc.
0:48 - Driving
0:53 - The Linn Cove Viaduct (Blue Ridge Parkway)
0:59 - Sailing etc. (San Francisco)
1:05 - Driving (Arizona and other locations)
1:16 - Natchez Trace Parkway (Mississippi)
1:20 - Canoeing (Rio Grande, Texas / Mexico)
1:22 - Driving (beautiful sunset)
1:27 - Helicopter flight (Grand Canyon, Arizona)
1:33 - Time Square (New York)
1:39 - Hollywood Sign, very close (Los Angeles)
1:44 - Different State signs (Utah, Colorado, Alabama, Nevada)
1:50 - Rockefeller Center, Statue of Liberty (New York)
1:56 - The White House etc. (Washington D. C.)
2:02 - The French Quarter (New Orleans)
2:07 - MGM Grand etc. (Las Vegas)
2:12 - The Golden Gate Bridge, Fishermans Wharf (San Francisco)
2:18 - Grauman’s Chinese Theatre, Griffith Observatory, Hollywood Sign (Los Angeles)
2:24 - Driving (Monument Valley etc.)
2:31 - White Sands (New Mexico)
2:35 - Johnson Space Center (Houston, Texas)
2:40 - Blue Ridge Parkway, sailing (San Francisco) and helicopter flight (Arizona)
2:47 - Badwater Basin (Death Valley, California)
2:50 - Route 1 (Big Sur, California)
2:53 - Death Valley (California)
2:57 - Sailing (Alcatraz, San Francisco)
3:03 - Canoeing (Rio Grande, Texas / Mexico)
3:09 - Helicopter flight (Grand Canyon, Arizona)
3:20 - Animals etc. (Monterey, Blue Ridge Parkway, Big Sur)
3:50 - Universal Studios (Los Angeles), Central Park (New York), driving and California ground squirrel (Monterey)
4:06 - Universal Studios (Los Angeles)
4:31 - Driving (Nevada, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Texas (Big Bend), Death Valley etc.)
5:03 - The Ghost Town's graveyard (Terlingua, Texas)
5:07 - Bus tour (San Francisco), helicopter flight (Arizona), sailing (San Francisco) etc.
5:30 - Walking on different locations (Death Valley, Blue Ridge Parkway etc.)
5:45 - Cypress Swamp (Natchez Trace Parkway, Mississippi)
5:51 - Sunset (Blue Ridge Parkway)
5:54 - Cate Blanchett and Woody Allen at the Blue Jasmin film shoot (San Francisco Chinatown)
6:07 - Different scenerys (Monument Valley, Grand Canyon, Big Sur, Yosemite, Monterey, etc.)
6:30 - At the Hollywood Sign (Los Angeles)
6:36 - Sunset and The Pasific (Los Angeles)
We drove through several scenic routes in the following order:
Delaware River Loop
Pennsylvania Dutch Country
Skyline Drive
Blue Ridge Parkway
Natchez Trace Parkway
Bayou Byways
Big Bend and Beyond
New Mexico Scenic South
Jemez Mountain Trail
New Mexico North
Monument Valley Meander
Grand Canyon Loop
Death Valley Sojourn
Yosemite and Beyond
Big Sur Coast
We flew with a helicopter on the top of the Grand Canyon, went canoeing at the Rio Grande, were sailing on the San Francisco bay, visited Johnson Space Center etc.
Music:
0:00 - Auberge - Chris Rea
3:21 - What Goes Around Comes Around - theme from the series My Name Is Earl
4:31 - This Life - Curtis Stigers & The Forest Rangers
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