Photos
taken
May 28, 2001 |
Center
Street to Weeks Street |
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This entire
block is taken up by Shadows-on-the-Teche, the National Trust property whose
historic significance is at least partly defined by the heroic (and successful)
efforts of its last private owner, the painter Weeks Hall, to get it into
safe hands for posterity. |
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Photos
taken
May 28, 2001 |
Weeks
Street to Julia Street |
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A pair
of old buildings nicely reused, one as a law office and one as a jeweler's
store. The latter's historic role as an auto dealership is preserved in
the exterior treatment (detail below). |
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Detail
of Ford logo on renovated building.
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Law offices. |
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Masonic
Temple, with retail space at street level. |
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Detail: Masonic symbols. |
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Photos
taken
May 28, 2001 |
Julia
Street to Bridge Street |
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This
renovation project is current, and the new use has not been finally determined. |
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For
many decades, a hangout called the Sports Center, famous for its chili,
and the place in town where you could reliably put down bets or play dominos. |
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The
old Evangeline Theater, given to the city and lovingly restored and named
Sliman Performing Arts Center after the property's donor. |
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Historic photo: The Evangeline Theater in its days as a cinema house. |
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Photos
taken
May 28, 2001 |
Bridge
Street to Iberia Street |
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The home
of many different businesses in my lifetime; currently, a Catholic book
store. Was a pharmacy for many years, under the proprietorship of George
Ackal (see below). |
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Now a lovely
restaurant called Clementine's in honor of Louisiana painter Clementine
Hunter, and a success at least partly owing to the owner's respect for the
building's history; for decades, this was Provost's, the all-night restaurant
bar of a kind every town our size used to have. George Ackal used to wander
in from next door for lunch, and it was his preference to have a hamburger
made of meat never had been frozen. He acknowledged that this was a privilege
and was willing to pay for it; hence, the Provost's menus carried a hand-inked
"George Ackal Hamburger" that was a dime more than the standard
kind. Clementine's today offers a George Ackal hamburger, of the gourmet
sort that would have delight the late druggist. |
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Renovated
recently into recording studios. |
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Law offices. |
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Soon to
be renovated into apartments and office space! |
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Rear of
building above, as elevation drops toward bayou. |
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