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  • littlesam1
  • Updated By littlesam1 on December 9, 2003
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  • Fountain in Audubon Park - New Orleans
    Fountain in Audubon Park
    by littlesam1
    I saw a picture of this turtle fountain with a child sitting on its back in my tour book. I use the Eyewitness Tour Books and they have excellent photographs. If you have read any of my other pages you will notice I like turtles and collect them for souvineers and like to take pictures of them. So this fountain caught my attention and I went out in seach of it. It is located in Audubon Park. The park is directly across the street from Trulan University and is on the St. Charles Streetcar line.

    The park is beautiful. It is very lush with lots of large oak trees with Spanish moss hanging from them. Also The Audubon Zoo is located in the park.

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  • By littlesam1 on December 9, 2003
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  • The entire fountain - New Orleans
    The entire fountain
    by littlesam1
    To my surprise the tour book did not really show the entire fountain. The child on the turtle was only a small part of the fountain. Here is the actual entire fountain. It is very pretty. And after a long afternoon of walking it gave us a great place to rest for a few moments and people watch. As we sat here we noticed the fountain was used by many people with dogs. They let their dogs climb into the fountain and cool off from the heat.

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    Audubon Park: The Audubon Park
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  • Updated By nomorewars on March 30, 2009
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  • Audubon Park - New Orleans
    by nomorewars, 1 more photos
    Receiving its name in honor of the artist & naturalist John James Audubon, who lived in New Orleans in 1821, the Audubon Park is a public park which is sandwiched by the Mississippi River & St. Charles Avenue. The park contains some sports facilities, picnic areas, a zoo & insectarium, & a lagoon which houses various migratory birds.

    Here at the Audubon Park, in a densely populated residential neighborhood, approximately six miles from downtown New Orleans, people are afforded the opportunity to enjoy peace in a tranquil setting far away from the noise of the city.

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  • Phone: 504-581-4629
  • Directions: Between Walnut Street & Exposition Blvd.
  • Website: http://www.auduboninstitute.org/thepark/
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    Audubon Park: Audobon Park
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  • acemj
  • Updated By acemj on November 24, 2002
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  • Audubon Park - New Orleans
    by acemj
    I walked from the Magazine Street side of the park to the St. Charles side in front of Loyola and Tulane Universities. It took me about 20 minutes. The park is filled with giant oak trees, ponds, a golf course and bike and jogging trails. There were plenty of people there walking their dogs and just hanging out.

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  • By doug48 on May 30, 2009
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  • audubon park - New Orleans
    audubon park
    by doug48
    located in the garden district audubon park is on the site of colonial era plantation-de-bore. audubon park is named after the famous ornithologist john james audubon who once lived in new orleans. the large city park is home to the audubon zoo, aquarium, insectarium, and a public golf course. a very nice park to visit in new orleans.

  • Phone: 504-581-4629
  • Directions: between Walnut Street & Exposition Blvd. garden district.
  • Website: http://www.auduboninstitute.org/thepark/
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    Audubon Park: More Than Just the Zoo
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  • Updated By grandmaR on November 20, 2005
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  • Audubon Park from the St. Charles streetcar - New Orleans
    Audubon Park from the St.
    Charles streetcar
    by grandmaR
    Katrina Update: Audubon Nature Institute reopened its historic, premier public golf course on Saturday, November 5, 2005. The course will be open for play on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays until March 2006, when it will be open seven days a week. Audubon Golf Course is the only public golf course to reopen in New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina. Please note that the Audubon Golf Clubhouse remains closed and currently is in use by the New Orleans Fire Department as a temporary fire station.
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    There is more than just the zoo to Audubon Park.

    This park is privately owned - it is not a national, state or city park. The entrance on St. Charles Avenue designed by John Charles Olmsted was built by the Audubon Commission over three quarters of a century ago. In 1884 this park was the site of the World’s Fair including a building covering 30 acres. That building dominated the park until it was destroyed by a hurricane.

    The Audubon Park Golf Course opened in 1898 and the renovated Audubon Park Golf Course opened in Fall, 2002. It earned the accolades of Golf Digest Magazine as the highest rated golf course over a hundred years old in the country.

    There is also a lagoon (which in those days was used for swimming and then for paddle boats), a roadway which is now a jogging track, and trees including over 1000 live oak trees. A carousel, two playgrounds near St. Charles Ave, the Audubon Tea Room, the Newman Bandstand have all been aspects of the front of Audubon Park. Another playground is in the Master Plan and there are picnic areas and places for informal recreation..

    In addition to tennis courts and ballfields, the City of New Orleans built the Whitney Young Pool in 1998 in the area where the original Audubon Natatorium existed. The Audubon Commission completed the demolition of the old stable structures and the area is now cleared and graded, ready for the new stables to be constructed by Friends of the Stables in Audubon Park.

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  • Phone: Tee times, (504) 329-2379
  • Directions: Uptown
  • Website: http://www.auduboninstitute.org/thepark/
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    Audubon Park: Birds Of The Park
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  • Yasmine03
  • Updated By Yasmine03 on September 14, 2005
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  • Birds at Audubon - New Orleans
    Birds at Audubon
    by Yasmine03
    Situated on the lower ground at the Aquarium is the Bird Park. Although there were a few of them, the birds are visitor-friendly. Visitors could also find tortoise, eel and a variety of fish in the ponds at the open space here.

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  • Phone: 504-581-4629
  • Directions: between Walnut Street & Exposition Blvd.
  • Website: http://www.auduboninstitute.org/thepark/
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    Audubon Park: The Audubon Zoo is a...
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  • Updated By BluecatCanoe on August 25, 2002
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  • Audubon Park - New Orleans
    by BluecatCanoe
    The Audubon Zoo is a wonderful place with acres of park and unique animals. I often go to the park just to walk my dog or sit and watch other people jog.

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  • Directions: A large area from St. Charles Ave to Magazine St.
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    Audubon Park: Exercising at the park.
    MiteMsispe
  • By MiteMsispe on May 30, 2008
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  • Audubon Park - New Orleans
    by MiteMsispe
    A beautiful park where you will see all walks of life. Located between Tulane University and Audoubon zoo.

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  • Phone: 504-581-4629
  • Directions: between Walnut Street & Exposition Blvd.
  • Website: http://www.auduboninstitute.org/thepark/
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    Audubon Park: A good place to relax
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  • By Virtuous_Tourist on April 20, 2005
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  • Audubon Park - New Orleans
    by Virtuous_Tourist
    Audubon Park is a preferred location in the city for relaxation and recreation. It contains The Audubon Zoo, three lagoons, gardens and a golf course. The scenery is really nice with the moss-draped Spanish oaks and lushly landscaped lawns. Bike riders and joggers will find the dirt and paved trails quite enjoyable.

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  • Directions: Uptown
  • Website: http://www.auduboninstitute.org/thepark/
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