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Jackson Square
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Jackson Square. The old town square, often live music is going on here, as well as street corner painters and tarot readers. Around the square are: (29.957505,-90.062951) Cabildo, 701 Chartres St (between St Peter St and Pirate Alley), ☎ +1 504 568-6968 (toll free: +1 800 568-6968), [1]. Tu-Su 10AM-4:30PM. Colonial city hall, now a museum; Louisiana Purchase agreements transferring the city from France to the USA were signed here. $6 adults, $5 students/seniors/military, free for children 12 and under. (29.957605,-90.06377) Presbytere, 751 Chartres St (between Pere Antoine Alley and St Ann St), ☎ +1 504 568-6968 (toll free: +1 800 568-6968), [2]. Tu-Su 10AM-4:30PM. Colonial church offices, now another museum, including a New Orleans Mardi Gras display. $6 adults, $5 students/seniors/military, free for children 12 and under. (29.958125,-90.063289) St. Louis Cathedral, 615 Pere Antoine Alley (front entrance on Chartres St betwen Pirate and Pere Antoine Alleys), ☎ +1 504 525-9585, [3]. The cathedral is open for self-guided tours daily from the end of morning mass until 4PM; see website for mass times. A symbol of New Orleans, this is the oldest Roman Catholic Cathedral in the United States and has a giant statue of the Virgin Mary with her arms extended gracing the middle of the courtyard. Free. (29.957856,-90.063504) Pontalba Buildings, (along St Peter and St Ann Sts facing Jackson Square). 4 story brick apartment buildings have specialty shops, restaurants, and a tourist information office on the ground floors.
