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Defend the Royal Street Pedestrian Mall

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Marianne
10 years ago

Lover of New Orleans. Would love to see this when I travel back here next year.

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Anita McQuerter
10 years ago

One of the very cool things about NO is the ability to hear some really great musicians. Getting people to move out of the way of emergency vehicles would certainly be easier than a line of cars on such narrow streets

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Nicole
10 years ago

Music not cars

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Michael Buda
10 years ago

Street music is what makes New Orleans great.

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Geoff Smith
10 years ago

I live in UK but through Youtube I have witnessed the awsomeness of the New Orleans tradition. Please keep it alive.

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Michael
10 years ago Featured

Street Musicians in the Quarter and particularily on Royal Street ARE the reason when we cruise on Carnival out of your port (we come a couple days early) to hear and mingle with the Musicians playing on the street. NOT to dodge cars. Reclose it to vehicular traffic.

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Jen Pagan
10 years ago

Just back from Paris - security and culture are coexisting.

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Jeremy Rowzee
10 years ago

There are plenty of other solutions to this problem. With decisions like this the terrorists are winning. We should not change our way of life for them. Figure out an alternate solution!!

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Kate Novak
10 years ago

As a property owner in the Quarter- please Reopen....lots of musicians need this!

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Jane
10 years ago

Don't let fear rule us!

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Cherbero Pierre
10 years ago

I have no comments because this is obvious ! Reopen it !

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Nina Trimbath
10 years ago

932 Solomon Place

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Zaz
10 years ago

Cars in town it's ridiculous. Taking back a famous street to musicians, ridiculous. Pedestrians mean more money for the town, be realistic and stop making us loose our sign to say obvious things, Mr "I don't live in the world but I know what's good for everybody" PEOPLE ARE NOT JUST A NUMBER ON AN ID CARD WE ARE EXISTANT, and you should better listen to the people or you could feel their existence printed in a form of a foot in your butt. Bored to fight for stupid things cause of rich boys making their wish some laws. Is their an important person that don't want to roll too long to cross the town or what?

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James DeJarnatt
10 years ago

As a former resident of New Orleans and as a lifetime lover of the city and it's culture I have always enjoyed Royal street and the music there. I ask you to please open the street to pedestrian traffic only, bring back the street musicians!

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Priscilla
10 years ago

Open it. We don't need to live in fear. New Orleans needs its music.

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Jon Wheatley
10 years ago

The musicians on Royal Street are the highlight of the Quarter. Bad decision NOPD

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Sharon Felker
10 years ago

The main reason my spouse & I drive 9 hours to New Orleans? Walking on Royal and listening/watching street performers. Please keep the area closed to vehicles during 'Royal Hours!' Thanks & see you soon!

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Sara
10 years ago

Let's don't allow fear to take our freedom of enjoying life away from us.

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Kim Webster
10 years ago

The ability to walk down Royal and see the performers is one of the reasons NOLA is a destination. Please consider a compromise to maintain this treasure.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

This is New Orleans culture why take away when troubles are so prevalent on other streets where the trouble is really at. BOURBON, DAUPHINE AND DUMAINE and,so forth where people have,been really injured and killed.