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Preservation Hall reopens in New Orleans
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/03/ar...gewanted=print
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May 3, 2006
All Quiet Since the Hurricane, Preservation Hall Reopens
By NATE CHINEN
NEW ORLEANS, May 2 — In a city haunted by history, a singular function is fulfilled by Preservation Hall. Housed in a French Quarter edifice built in 1750, the space has been a mecca and sanctuary of traditional New Orleans jazz since the early 1960's. So while the more lavish production this past weekend was the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, some local musicians and visitors were just as focused on Preservation Hall's reopening, eight months after Hurricane Katrina.
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