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Southern Decadence (film)
Southern Decadence is an annual, six-day, LGBTQ-based event held in New Orleans, Louisiana during Labor Day weekend, culminating in a parade through the French Quarter on the Sunday before Labor Day. History The event traces its beginnings to August 1972 as an end-of-summer party among a group of 40 to 50 friends both straight and gay. They billed their event as "Southern Decadence Party: Come as Your Favorite Southern Decadent." People who attended were required to dress as their favorite decadent Southerner. Two weeks later, the group threw another party as a farewell to Michael Evers, who left to join his lover David Randolph in Michigan. The first small "walking parade" occurred the following year when the participants first met at Johnny Matassa's Bar in the French Quarter to show off their costumes and then walk back home to Belle Reve, a name taken from ''A Streetcar Named Desire'', in the Tremé neighbourhood via Esplanade Avenue. This first group impersonated people and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gallery (New Orleans)
In New Orleans, a gallery is a wide platform projecting from the wall of a building supported by Post (structural), posts or columns. Galleries are typically constructed from cast iron (or wrought iron in older buildings) with ornate balusters, posts, and Bracket (architecture), brackets. The intricate iron balconies and galleries of the French Quarter are among the renowned icons of New Orleans. Terminology The City of New Orleans provides specific definitions for platforms projecting from the face of the building, differentiating between balcony, balconies and galleries. Balconies typically have a projection width of up to , lacking supporting posts and a roof structure. In contrast, galleries are platforms extending beyond property lines to cover the full width of the public sidewalk, supported by posts or columns at the street curb. Galleries may or may not include a roof cover. The city employs the term "gallery" in various contexts. A side gallery refers to a porch on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
