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Downtown Renaissance: The Jung Hotel & Residences

February 1, 2018 No Comments

More than a century old, a renovated icon breathes new life into a long-defunct corner of Canal Street, anchoring the city’s growing bio-medical district. Originally opened in 1907, the Jung was designed by renowned local architectural firm Weiss & Dreyfus for entrepreneurs Peter Jung, Sr., Peter Jung, Jr., and A.L. […]

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Enshrining the past, illuminating the future

August 1, 2017 No Comments

Neglected for several decades, the old New Orleans Public Service Inc. building in the Central Business District comes alive once again as the luxury NOPSI Hotel. The 1920s-era, nine-story brick building on the corner of Baronne and Union Streets had long stood empty, a derelict property with peeling paint, graffiti […]