Lafayette Square, New Orleans
- Lafayette Square, New Orleans
Lafayette Square is the second oldest park in New Orleans, Louisiana and was founded in 1788. The Square was named after Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette, a French aristocrat and general who fought on the American side in the American Revolutionary War.
The park has a bronze statue of Henry Clay in the center of the park, and statues of John McDonough and Benjamin Franklin on St. Charles Avenue and Camp Street.
Hurricane Katrina severely damaged the trees in the park, with broken glass and debris from nearby buildings making the park unsafe. A group of neighborhood residents and downtown workers formed a charitable organization, the Lafayette Square Conservancy, to transform it into a premier urban space.
External links
* [http://www.lafayette-square.org Lafayette Square Conservancy]
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