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Grand Opening! Canal Street Welcomes
1201 Canal Condos in Former Krauss Building

Development company KFK Group will celebrate the grand opening of 1201 Canal Condominiums in high style this evening. For 94 years, the 1201 Canal building was home to Krauss Department Store, once the largest department store in the South. Today, the historic address has been transformed through extensive redevelopment to an upscale community of 233 luxury residences and over 25,000 square feet of available street-front retail.

For more information on the property, visit www.1201Canal.com

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Canal Street Merchants Encouraged to
Participate in DDD Holiday Promotion

The DDD is encouraging all Canal Street merchants to participate in the holiday extravaganza, "Canal Street: Your Home for the Holidays." A holiday parade, outdoor concert, and large-scale, festive decorations will remind business owners, residents and visitors alike of nostalgic shopping experiences along New Orleans' most historic grand corridor.

Special opportunities are available to Canal Street merchants, large or small, who wish to participate in the excitement. For more information, please contact Valerie Robinson at vrobinson[at]neworleansdowntown.com or by calling (504) 561-8927.

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DDD Photo Contest: Submit Your Iconic Downtown
Photo for Printed Newsletter Masthead

There are a lot of exciting things happening Downtown, and people are noticing! The DDD is calling for submissions of photographs of Downtown life; whether it is a concert in Lafayette Square or an historic street or building. The winning submission will be featured as the masthead for the DDD's quarterly printed newsletter, "Downtown In Motion."

E-mail submissions to Lauren Hotard at lhotard[at]neworleansdowntown.com.

To view the printed newsletter online, click here , or visit www.neworleansdowntown.com.

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DDD "Streetcar Named Inspire" Installed at Basin and Canal

The DDD-sponsored "Streetcar Named Inspire" was installed this morning at the corner of Basin and Canal Streets, right next to the Young Leadership Council's own streetcar. The location and adjacency of the two streetcars is symbolic of the partnership between the two organizations and their dedication to creating an open-air arts and entertainment pavillion at the site with money raised from the "Streetcar Named Inspire" program.

More than 40 of the decorative streetcar replicas have already been placed throughout the city.

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"Harvest the Music" Free Concert Series
Coming Downtown This Fall

This fall, Lafayette Square will come alive every Thursday for “Harvest the Music,” a weekly concert series benefitting Second Harvesters.

Beginning on September 25 and running each Thursday until October 30, the free concert series will feature national and regional artists including Edwin McCain, The Radiators, and Bonerama. In addition to food and drinks from local favorites, artworks and crafts from regional artists and designers will be available for purchase.

Lafayette Square is in the heart of Downtown at 600 St. Charles Avenue, across from Gallier Hall. Sponsors include Chevron, the New Orleans Hornets, Winn Dixie, Entercom, the Lafayette Square Conservancy and the Downtown Development District. Proceeds will also benefit the New Orleans’ Kids Partnership.

For more information on the fall concert series, visit www.no-hunger.org.

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DDD is Now on Facebook!

The Downtown Development District now has a Facebook.com account, yet another source for the latest and most important information on what is happening in Downtown New Orleans. Connect and share on Facebook by visiting the page and adding Downtown Development District of New Orleans as your Facebook "friend!"

Only registered Facebook users can add the DDD as a "friend." Visit www.facebook.com for more information.

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Downtown Calendar
September 2008

SEPTEMBER 24-25: Docent Training, Ogden Museum, 10 a.m. to 12 noon.

SEPTEMBER 25: Harvest the Music outdoor concert in Lafayette Square Park, 5:00 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 25: Salute to the Arts at Place St. Charles, 201 St. Charles Avenue. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

SEPTEMBER 27: Harrah's Sweats to the Oldies with Richard Simmons, Harrah's Casino, 2 p.m.

THROUGH SEPTEMBER 21: He Loves and She Loves at Le Chat Noir

CRESCENT CITY FARMER'S MARKET every Saturday at corner of Girod and Magazine streets. 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.

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