YOUR OWN PIED-A-TERRE IN NEW ORLEANS. 

La Nouvelle-Orleans (New Orleans) was founded in 1718 by the French Mississippi Company high above the waters of the Mississippi river, and named after Phillipe II, the Duke of Orleans and Regent of the Kingdom of France.  The original settlement, and oldest neighborhood in the city, is the Vieux Carre, better known as the French Quarter........or to locals, simply as the Quarter.  Sitting on St. Philip between Chartres and Decatur at 530 is a 3-story Creole-style townhouse, built in 1820 as a private mansion for Antoine Bordeaux, a French businessman.  As you enter the foyer off the street, you're struck by the  sounds of the courtyard fountain.  Wind up the wide stairs to the 2nd floor and you'll find the door to your pied-a-terre on the right side, a door that takes you back in history, back to 19th century New Orleans and into the old servant's quarters of the townhouse, authentic down to the original brick and stucco walls.  The trickle of the courtyard fountain floats up through the windows of the kitchen, to the balcony off the master bedroom, and to your roof deck peering over the old shingled caps of the Vieux Carre's historic homes, competing with the distant music off the old river barge on the Mississippi.  In this calm and tranquil environment, you've become part of the history of this glorious city.  Close your eyes, take it in and enjoy.