[Charles Martel]

New Orleans does have a "Riverwalk Marketplace" (Yes, San Antonio used the name first). It started as part of the '84 World's Fair, housing a number of international restaurants and cultural pavilions. After the fair closed, the structure (which sits above the riverfront levee and extends out over an unused wharf) was renovated and turned into a shopping mall with some big name retailers.

After December 1996, it began turning into more of a collection of tourist giftshops (but retained the huge food court). The original tenants began giving up space because of *this*:

M/V Bright Field rams Riverwalk.

[dixiechick2000]

I hear that the San Antonio Riverwalk is, or has been, redone and expanded. Is that right? It was lovely when I was there.

I remember, too, when the ship hit the NOLA Riverwalk. I had been there not long before it happened. You’re right...it was full of tourist shops but, judging from the crowd there in that early October, they must have done well.