This aerial picture looks across Canal Street toward the river.  The building in the left foreground is Maison Blanche, and the closest cross street, visible in the left-center foreground, is Dauphine.  The famous crescent bend in the Mississippi River is obvious from this vantage point.  We are looking across the Vieux Carré downstream toward the Gulf of Mexico.  The far shore of the river is Algiers. — C. T. American Art