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• Magicians Vanish From Jackson Square

A carnival of artists and street performers swarmed Jackson Square during the French Quarter Festival. Painters and sketch artists hugged the wrought iron fence surrounding the park while tarot card-reading gypsies sprawled out across the cobblestones in front of the St. Louis Cathedral.

• New Orleans City Business
• April 23, 2010

• City of N.O. Faces Decision in Ongoing Battle Over Jackson Square Artists

In 90 days, the war over the sale of prints in Jackson Square most likely will come to an end, attorney Brian Begue said. That's the time he expects it to take the city to come to its senses and rework a 2005 ordinance that banned artists from selling reproductions of their original work in the historic artist colony.

• New Orleans City Business
• April 13, 2011

• 5th Circuit Remands New Orleans' Jackson Square Print Ban Case

Print artists banned from Jackson Square may have a new lease on life. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday reversed and remanded District Judge Ivan Lemelle's ruling that upheld a city ordinance banning artists who sold reproductions of their original work from Jackson Square.

• New Orleans City Business
• April 06, 2011

• State Rep. Sánchez Unveils Jackson Square Mural Project, Hosts 'Back-to-School Jam'

Last Friday at the Jackson Square Orange Line T stop, state Rep. Jeffrey Sánchez, D-Jamaica Plain, joined the Hyde Square Task Force and MBTA project managers Barbara Boylan and Ted O'Neill to unveil this summer's Jackson Square arts project, a summer youth program for community art. Following the festivities, attendees joined Sánchez for his second annual "Back-to-School Jam" at the Bromley Heath Housing Development.

• Boston Banner, The
• August 11, 2009

• Consent Judgment Allows Artists to Sell Prints On Jackson Square in New Orleans

S. District Court Judge Ivan Lemelle has reversed an earlier ruling that initially upheld a New Orleans ordinance prohibiting the sale of art reproductions on Jackson Square. But whether the city will give carte blanche to all artists who want to sell prints remains to be seen. Based on a consent judgment reached Dec. 20, the city has agreed to stop enforcing that law against the three artists who filed suit against the city in 2005, claiming the ordinance violated their freedom of speech under the First Amendment and their 14th Amendment right to "basic economic liberty.

• New Orleans City Business
• January 05, 2012

• Three Years After Jackson Square

On an oil rig off the coastline of New Orleans, John McCain touted offshore drilling and oil exploration on Tuesday, and the potential that exists for finding new energy sources. "This rig survived a hurricane," Mr. McCain said. What may have been lost among observers was the symbolism represented as the visit fell on the heels of the third anniversary of the devastating hurricane that slaughtered the Gulf Coast. President Bush arrived yesterday in New Orleans to remind Americans that the city "would return" after Hurricane Katrina. Actually, he said in 2005 (standing in Jackson Square), and thereafter that it would return "better and stronger." The latter was left out of his remarks this go-round, as progress has been much slower than anticipated - crime is on the rise, re-population r...

• The Washington Times
• August 21, 2008

• Art Association in N.O. Splits Jackson Square Ranks

Opponents of the sale of reproductions on Jackson Square subscribe to the domino effect theory. They believe if people are allowed to sell prints, the historic art colony will descend into crass commercialism and the rest of the French Quarter will soon follow. This is the argument put forth by the Jackson Square Artists Association, the leader in the fight against reproductions and a vocal advocate for the preservation of the "tout ensemble" of the French Quarter.

• New Orleans City Business
• May 06, 2008

• Art Association Splits in N.O. Jackson Square Ranks

Opponents of the sale of reproductions on Jackson Square subscribe to the domino effect theory. They believe if people are allowed to sell prints, the historic art colony will descend into crass commercialism and the rest of the French Quarter will soon follow. This is the argument put forth by the Jackson Square Artists Association, the leader in the fight against reproductions and a vocal advocate for the preservation of the "tout ensemble" of the French Quarter.

• New Orleans City Business
• May 08, 2008

• Action Jackson; Patronize Some of Armory Square's Best Eateries for a Cool $20

In the depths of a cold and grim winter, Dining Downtown came to the rescue with five February days of dinner deals that cost no more than $20. The success of that venture prompted co-organizers John Sansone, general manager of Ambrosia, and David Hoyne, owner of Kitty Hoynes, to do a summer promotion. The current project has a narrower focus, however. Instead of including restaurants from the broader downtown landscape, only Armory Squares's eateries will be featured. "We wanted to concentrate on the many dining spots in the area," explains Sansone, "and we're working on the parking, too. Hans Lazuardi of Dante, another repeat participant, was pleased at the success of the February venture. "People raved about our huge one-pound pork chop," he remembers. "People were lined up at 4:45 ...

• Syracuse New Times
• August 05, 2009

• Jackson Square Group Unveils Federated Sample, a New Subsidiary Focused on Redefining Sampling Success.

Launch Introduces New Technologies and Methodologies to a Market that Demands Results NEW ORLEANS -- Jackson Square Group (JSG), a market research t...

• Business Wire
• August 16, 2010