Part of Armstrong Park will reopen to the public on Monday | NOLA.com

John McCusker, Times-Picayune archive
Work still to be done includes repairs to the perimeter fence, gates and parking lot pavement; completion of the concrete pavement and walkways; restoration of the Congo Square fountain; a new pedestrian entrance at St. Philip Street; repair and reinstallation of the Armstrong statue and more.

Large parts of Louis Armstrong Park, closed since last summer, will reopen to the public Monday, Mayor Mitch Landrieu said Friday night. Those areas, including most of the lagoon area in front of the Mahalia Jackson Theater for the Performing Arts, will be open daily from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m...

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