Bathed in subtropical sunlight, Lake Pontchartrain’s south shore appears much as it has for almost 200 years: saltwater and sky stitched together by the occasional leaping fish, punctuated by a small ...

It’s a big week for one of New Orleans’ most notorious serial killers—which seems appropriate, given that Thursday is Halloween. A Bywater home owned by Delphine Blanque LaLaurie before she moved to ...

Welcome to Curbed Comparisons, a column that explores what one can rent or buy for a set dollar amount in various New Orleans neighborhoods. Today’s price: $400,000 (or thereabouts). Vote for your ...

Lake Pontchartrain is many things: a peaceful waterfront setting and the site of the world’s longest continuous bridge, to name a few. But a lake it is not (it’s actually an estuary). That’s just one ...

Muralist-turned-graffiti scholar Kady Yellow says three things make New Orleans stand out in the street art world. First, unlike more heavily policed cities such as New York, it’s relatively easy for ...

At this time of the year, French Quarter apartments are especially desirable when they come with a balcony (hello, prime fireworks viewing spot) or a courtyard pool. This posh 791-square-foot ...

Built in 1968 to celebrate New Orleans’ 250th anniversary, gutted and mostly abandoned post-Hurricane Katrina, eyed by Donald Trump as a potential hotel tower, and ultimately claimed by the Four ...

After being itinerant since 2012, Southern Rep Theatre has a permanent home in the former St. Rose de Lima church (2541 Bayou Road). Last weekend, hundreds of thespian supporters and talents turned ...

Formerly a blighted, neglected shack, this Irish Channel home had been vacant since Hurricane Katrina when Mike Bridges of Flip the Quarter spotted its potential. He applied his signature combination ...

After an extensive re-zoning process and four-year restoration, a circa-1860s Marigny church has quietly reopened as a boutique hotel. Hotel Peter & Paul (3217 Burgundy Street) is the first of its ...

The Andrew J. Bell school was derelict and graffiti-covered prior to its renovation. A former Treme middle school campus, converted into artist housing and studios, won Affordable Housing Finance ...

Anyone who’s walked, jogged, biked, or otherwise traversed the Lafitte Greenway knows it’s a boon for New Orleanians in general and residents of the six neighborhoods it connects in particular.