Jackson Square, New Orleans, Louisiana (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)
Referenced In
City of Night
by John Rechy"About Jackson Square, portrait artists line the walks into Pirates Alley, imprisoning on paper the pastel smiles of tourists."
City of Night
by John Rechy"IN THE MIDST OF THE FRENCH QUARTER, and above the trees of Jackson Square, the steeples of St Louis Cathedral, threatening Escape into Heaven, thrust crosses bravely into the sky, the highest a vague icy outline, the frozen ghosts of a cross from the distance—but slenderly erect overlooking with heavenly indifference—..."
City of Night
by John Rechy"I left the bar quickly, infinitely depressed. But in the other crowded bars, or on the streets, or walking through Jackson Square, I was obsessed by Sylvia’s face."
City of Night
by John Rechy"Bodies are passed out in Jackson Square as if on a battlefield before the mop-up, empty hurricane glasses like mock tombs beside them."
City of Night
by John Rechy"“We are! Any size! From Jackson Square, the steeples of the Cathedral are luminous, uncovered of the night. The Cathedral seems to be expanding as if in preparation for siege....”"
City of Night
by John Rechy"…youngmen prowl Jackson Square restlessly watching the tourists anxious to wait anxiously in line to have coffee and donuts at the French Market, while Marie Antoinette and Robin Hood are being chased into the Cathedral by a band of cannibals…"