
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.



