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West End bridge across New Basin Canal, with hotel in background, 1901. |
Boat pulling logs on New Basin Canal; Southern Yacht Club on right; West End on left; the canal was filled in in the late 1940's |
Above, West End Hotel & Restaurant, 1901, below, West End, 1915. |
Lake House Restaurant at West End,1890's |
Known as the New Canal Lighthouse, this well known landmark was constructed in 1838 to mark the entrance to the New Basin Canal at Lake Pontchartrain. The lighthouse survived for 167 years, but sadly fell victim to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Thanks to the efforts of the Save Our Lake Foundation, a replacement, modeled after the old lighthouse, has been completed. It is now the the New Canal Lighthouse Museum and Education Center. |
West End Summer Resort, New Basin Canal at Lake Pontchartrain |
West End Resort Pavilions, 1901, by Mugnier |
Bridge over New Basin Canal at West End Resort, ca 1890 |
West End Amusement Park, 1915 |
West End Resort Pavilions, 1915 |
Southern Yacht Club, pictured above on New Basin Canal at West End, in 1901; the Southern Yacht Club is the 2nd oldest yacht club in America, having been formed in 1849. The building pictured above was built in 1899; it was replaced in 1949 and that building, with several renovations, stood until 2005, when it was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. |
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This postcard of the West End was dated December 6, 1906 and read: "You speaking of snow storms sounds rather strange to we people down here. Haven't had the slightest frost this season." |
The bar at Bruning's Restaurant, early 1900's, by Mugnier. With many thanks to Jerlyn Werner Courtney for sharing information about Bruning's, which, for so many years, was a familiar landmark at West End: "The restaurant was named Bruning's because my Dad, Gus Werner, married Cap. Bruning's daughter and took over running the restaurant after the death of his father-in-law. The long bar shown in these photos was made by Brunswick Manufacturing in 1849." Jerlyn's family, also, owned The Bounty Restaurant at West End. Members of Jerlyn's extended family lost 18 homes in the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans, after the levee failures of 2005. |
Above & below, the hotel and restaurant at West End, ca. 1930's. |
Left, a pass for the New Orleans Railway & Light train to West End, ca. 1911: "Good only for free transportation on West End train City-to-Half-Way-House." |