New Orleans' World Trade Center: Demolish or renovate? Developers offer differing ideas | NOLA.com

Developers and local tourism leaders have proposed varying
ideas for what should be done with the defunct World Trade Center
 building on the New Orleans riverfront. (Architects' renderings)

Two largely out-of-town development teams would like to renovate the vacant World Trade Center office tower at the foot of Canal Street for use as a hotel and other purposes. On the other hand, a broad-based coalition of New Orleans tourism leaders wants to demolish the 33-story building built in the 1960s and replace it with a new "iconic" structure as part of a sweeping redevelopment of much of the city's east bank riverfront -- but what that new structure might be remains a question...

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CBD streetcar funds approved, neighborhoods still left out | Best of New Orleans

The network is the first in RTA's appeal for more CBD transit: another stretch would supplement the French Quarter route with a 4-mile route on Convention Center Boulevard. But nearby neighborhoods — Marigny, Bywater and Treme — are left out...

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New Orleans Parking meters on Saturday will remain in some areas; get eliminated in others | WWLTV.com

Following a review of the parking meter policy, the city has decided to retain the meters on Saturday in the following areas: Magazine Street, Oak Street, Riverbend, the French Quarter, the Warehouse District and the Central Business District riverside of Loyola Avenue...

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New Wyndham Hotel Opens in New Orleans | MarketWatch

Wyndham Hotels and Resorts, LLC, a subsidiary of Wyndham Worldwide Corporation, announced its continued expansion in Louisiana with the opening of the 170-room Wyndham Garden(R) Hotel Baronne Plaza New Orleans. Located at 201 Baronne Street in the city's National Historic Lower Central Business District, the new Wyndham(R) hotel, built in 1931, was completely renovated in 2009 and still features the building's original Art Deco stone and granite facade.

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New Orleans: Where the locals eat | chicagotribune.com #foodies

Bill Daley of the Chicago Tribune lists just some of the hometown faves visited during his recent stay in the New Orleans. Directions to each restaurant are for the carless visitor staying in the CBD.

Po' boy sandwiches are a specialty of Parkway Bakery & Tavern in New Orleans' Mid-City neighborhood. Water was waist-high in the dining room after Hurricane Katrina in 2005. (Tribune photo by Bill Daley / October 16, 2009)

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Downtown N.O. could see 4,000 residential units in next 5 years | wwltv.com

Downtown New Orleans is buzzing with new construction on residential properties - the sign of a potential population spike in areas like the Warehouse District and CBD.

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