Delicate balconies of Nawlins

New Orleans balconies, although they aren't really called balconies, they're referred to as galleries, french colonial New Orleans was completely constructed of cypress wood but there are accounts of wooden Galleries as early as 1722, following a few decades New Orleans was then given to the Spanish. And the aftermath of a series of devastating Fires that wiped out the majority of the french town, the Spanish rebuilt New Orleans with a Spanish fling ( but the French creoles ofcourse added french flavor-take the window shutters and the roof dormers ) and it's also important to note the balconies were also largely crafted by free people of color who were large In numbers in the profession of artristy and craftsmanship, the wrought iron balconies reached it's highest popularity in the city in the 1850s when pontalbla de baroness constructed her beautiful apartments in Jackson square,
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