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Best new attractions in New Orleans

Published 4:06 AM EDT, Wed May 6, 2015
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Picture New York's High Line with a riverfront -- Crescent Park is a 1.4-mile recreational corridor bordering the Mississippi that includes a fenced dog run, picnic areas, and hike and bike trails.
Crescent Park —
Picture New York's High Line with a riverfront -- Crescent Park is a 1.4-mile recreational corridor bordering the Mississippi that includes a fenced dog run, picnic areas, and hike and bike trails.
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The city welcomes over 2,000 new hotel rooms opening in this year alone. This new 188-room hotel boasts of a rooftop pool and a lounge complete with pool table.
Aloft New Orleans Downtown —
The city welcomes over 2,000 new hotel rooms opening in this year alone. This new 188-room hotel boasts of a rooftop pool and a lounge complete with pool table.
Aloft New Orleans Downtown
This soon-opening hotel is housed in a revamped warehouse dating back to 1854. The 167-room retreat is outfitted with ceiling fans, hardwood floors, and exposed brick walls.
Old No. 77 Hotel & Chandlery —
This soon-opening hotel is housed in a revamped warehouse dating back to 1854. The 167-room retreat is outfitted with ceiling fans, hardwood floors, and exposed brick walls.
Old No. 77 Hotel
St. Lucia-native Nina Compton, competitor in season 11 of the hit show "Top Chef," is bringing her island flavors, with a focus on local ingredients, to a yet-to-be-named spot inside the new Old No. 77 Hotel.
Chef Nina Compton —
St. Lucia-native Nina Compton, competitor in season 11 of the hit show "Top Chef," is bringing her island flavors, with a focus on local ingredients, to a yet-to-be-named spot inside the new Old No. 77 Hotel.
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The food museum offers displays on everything from cocktails to cake decorating, as well as cooking demos, discussions, and other tasty events.
Southern Food & Beverage Museum —
The food museum offers displays on everything from cocktails to cake decorating, as well as cooking demos, discussions, and other tasty events.
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Once a long-abandoned space occupied by Gators Department Store, this is now the New Orleans Jazz Market, new home to Grammy winner Irvin Mayfield and his New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.
New Orleans Jazz Market —
Once a long-abandoned space occupied by Gators Department Store, this is now the New Orleans Jazz Market, new home to Grammy winner Irvin Mayfield and his New Orleans Jazz Orchestra.
New Orleans Jazz Market
The beautiful beaux arts building, dating to 1918, was shuttered post Katrina, but is currently undergoing a $13 million renovation in order to restore it to its former glory. Reopening this fall.
Orpheum Theater —
The beautiful beaux arts building, dating to 1918, was shuttered post Katrina, but is currently undergoing a $13 million renovation in order to restore it to its former glory. Reopening this fall.
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One of the most recent additions to this expanding museum is the Road to Berlin: European Theater Galleries, which illustrates the struggles to defeat the Axis of power through historic artifacts, period newsreels, and re-created battle scenes.
National WWII Museum —
One of the most recent additions to this expanding museum is the Road to Berlin: European Theater Galleries, which illustrates the struggles to defeat the Axis of power through historic artifacts, period newsreels, and re-created battle scenes.
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