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Orleans ( / ɔːrˈliːnz /; French: [ɔʁleɑ̃]; officially and in French Orléans[ 1][ note 1]) is a community in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located in the east end of the city along the Ottawa River, about 16 km (10 mi) from Downtown Ottawa. The Canada 2021 Census determined that Orléans' population was 125,937.
The buildings and architecture of New Orleans reflect its history and multicultural heritage, from Creole cottages to historic mansions on St. Charles Avenue, from the balconies of the French Quarter to an Egyptian Revival U.S. Customs building and a rare example of a Moorish revival church. The city has fine examples of almost every ...
1031 Canal was a partially collapsed 190-foot-tall (58 m) multi-use high-rise building in New Orleans, Louisiana, located at 1031 Canal Street in the Central Business District. If completed, the project would have been known as the Hard Rock Hotel New Orleans . On October 12, 2019, the under-construction building partially collapsed, resulting ...
The O-Train is a light rail rapid transit system in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, operated by OC Transpo. The system consists of two lines: the electrically-operated Confederation Line (Line 1), running east to west, and the diesel-operated Trillium Line (Line 2), running north to south. Both lines are currently being extended as part of the Stage 2 ...
Built on a site once occupied by United Parcel Service and the United States Postal Service, [62] the new terminal cost around $2.7 billion and includes redesigned roadways with 8 new bridges, a new six-level, 2,700-car parking garage and rental center, [100] [101] 33 gates, and a walkway to connect the AirTrain station, parking garage, and ...
City Park, a 1,300-acre (5.3 km 2) public park in New Orleans, Louisiana, is the 87th largest and 20th-most-visited urban public park in the United States. [2] : 30 City Park is approximately 50% larger than Central Park in New York City, [3] the municipal park recognized by Americans nationwide as the archetypal urban greenspace.
The history of New Orleans, Louisiana traces the city's development from its founding by the French in 1718 through its period of Spanish control, then briefly back to French rule before being acquired by the United States in the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. During the War of 1812, the last major battle was the Battle of New Orleans in 1815.
An extensive network of non-stop domestic flights is operated from Toronto Pearson by several airlines to all major and many secondary cities across all provinces and territories of Canada. [14] Since 2014, over 75 airlines operated around 1,250 daily departures from the airport to more than 180 destinations across five continents. [15] [16] [17]