901 Canal Then/Now

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901 Canal Then/Now shows the block in 1910 and present day. 901 Canal Then/Now Two views of the 901 block of Canal Street, one from an old postcard from 1910, the other from this afternoon. While the contemporary shot appears timeless, the old postcard is a very specific time-shot. It presents the block after the Grand Opera House was demolished. That building made way for the S. H. Kress store. The space between the Audubon Building (on the corner of Canal and Burgundy) and the Maison Blanche Building (corner of Canal and Dauphine) stood empty. While the Kress facade appears...