Why do they call New Orleans "The Crescent City"? Thanks!
It seems no one answered this one. The Mississippi River curls around about 3 sides of the city in the shape of a crescent. Lake Pontchartrain is on the other (north) side.
163 posted on 09/09/2005 11:06:54 PM PDT by Mind-numbed Robot
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