The story
Curtis and Davis's 1968 convention hall with a 225-foot thin-shell concrete roof; demolished 1995 for Harrah's casino despite a preservation fight.
Everything that was here
- 1968–1995
Rivergate Convention CenterConvention Center
Curtis and Davis's 1968 convention hall with a 225-foot thin-shell concrete roof; demolished 1995 for Harrah's casino despite a preservation fight.
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Nearby history
L&N Terminal
1 Canal Street · 41 m away
Werlein's for Music
605 Canal Street · 531 m away
The music house that pirated "Dixie."
St. Charles Hotel
201 St. Charles Avenue · 674 m away
The third St. Charles Hotel opened February 1, 1896 and was demolished in 1974; its lot stayed vacant for nearly a decad
D.H. Holmes Department Store
819 Canal Street · 721 m away
The clock from A Confederacy of Dunces.
Gus Mayer
800 Canal Street · 750 m away
Gus Mayer's new $1 million Canal Street store opened September 19, 1949, with a fountain of live goldfish in the Patio R
La Louisiane Hotel
725 Iberville Street · 836 m away
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