In the Spotlight

Algiers Has Its Focus on Hollywood Productions

New Orleans CityBusiness May 27, 2010   If Louisiana is Hollywood South and New Orleans is its capital, then Algiers Point is the crown jewel. At least that’s how Christopher Kane, president of the Algiers Economic Development Foundation, sees it. Since the beginning of the year, 13 major productions each with budgets exceeding $300,000

Look Who's in People Magazine

The May 24th issue of People Magazine has named Old Point Bar – right here on Algiers Point – as one of the hot spots to go when travelling to New Orleans. Old Point Bar has been featured in several films and will soon be featured as Broome’s Bar in the Green Lantern. Congrats to [...]

It's anchors aweigh for the Federal City

A new campus is taking shape at Algiers base. (Times Picayune Westbank Bureau – Saturday, September 19, 2009 by Paula Purpura).   The transformation of the Naval Support Activity in Algiers into a federal campus for military, government and private agencies is solidly under way with the footprint for the national headquarters for Marine Forces [...]