Thank
you for visiting the Alexandria Retrospective Web site
and helping identify some less-than-obvious Alexandria
landmarks. Shown below is the entire series of landmarks.
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to read the comments of those who have identified the
landmarks |
No. 12 in the Landmark Series
Hotel Bentley Neon Sign
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comments from those viewers who identfied this landmark |
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No. 11 in the Landmark Series
Water Tower, Corner, 5th & Lee Street
Located behind the Old Library, now the Louisiana
History Museum
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comments from those viewers who identfied this landmark |
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No. 10 in the Landmark Series
Hokus Pokus on Lee Street
Everyone in Alexandria knows
Hokus Pokus, and its famous sign, and those big bottles
painted on the storefront. Located on Lee Street for decades,
Hokus Pokus continues today. Its unique neon sign, with
the flying ghost, is known around CenLA and far beyond!
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comments from those viewers who identfied this landmark |
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No. 9 in
the Landmark Series
Site of the Alexandria Fire Station, Rapides Avenue, at the
corner of 13th Street and Levin Street
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comments from those viewers who identied this landmark |
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today's image for a picture of the past! |
No. 8 in
the Landmark Series
The Alexandria Public Library, now home to the Louisiana History
Museum, 503 Washington Street
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comments from those viewers who identied this landmark |
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No. 7 in
the Landmark Series
This has been our most popular landmark...we had lots of fun
with this one...Don Theater, Bolton Avenue
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comments from those viewers who identied this landmark |
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No. 6 in
the Landmark Series
Methodist Church on Jackson Street
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comments from those viewers who identied this landmark |
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No. 5 in the Landmark Series
Cathedral on 4th Street
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No. 4 in
the Landmark Series
This was identified by many alert viewers...the remains of
the twin theater at what used to be the North Traffic Circle
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comments from those viewers who identied this landmark |
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No. 3 in
the Landmark Series
The third landmark was a tough one ... only one viewer correctly
identified the base of the old power plant's smokestack
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comments from those viewers who identied this landmark |
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No. 2 in
the Landmark Series
Steps leading downstairs to the Mirror Room at the Hotel Bentley
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comments from those viewers who identied this landmark |
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No. 1 in
the Landmark Series
Effie's on south MacArthur Drive
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comments from those viewers who identied this landmark |
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