The Capitol of Louisiana

[TexasStar]

BATON ROUGE

The Capitol Building built during the Great Depression in 1930-32 stands 34 stories and 450 feet tall. Still the tallest state capitol in the U.S.
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Huey P. Long - The Kingfish
The powerful Governor and U.S. Senator who ruled Louisiana with an iron fist is buried beneath his statue.
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49 steps form the Grand Staircase toward the entrance to the Capitol of Louisiana. Each step has the name of a state and the year of its admission into the Union - with Alaska and Hawaii sharing stair number 49.
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Capitol Grounds
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View from the top of the Capitol steps
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Looking South from the Observation Deck
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The Port of Baton Rouge and the Mighty Mississippi River
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Looking North
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The giant Exxon refinery at Baton Rouge - one of the world's largest.
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[zaphod]

The giant Exxon refinery at Baton Rouge - one of the world's largest.

actually I thought it was THE largest?

Anyways, nice pictures, I remember way back traveling I-10 and thinking that bridge was so huge

[KevinFromTexas]

I passed through there in 2004. It was the first time crossing the Mississippi. Very cool.

[Jdawgboy]

Very nice pictures. Its interesting but I didn't relize that Baton Rouge had a building similar to Austin's Bank Of America Tower.

[priller]

Very nice pictures. Its interesting but I didn't relize that Baton Rouge had a building similar to Austin's Bank Of America Tower.

Yeah, it looks very similar, doesn't it? But I think there are a lot of cities that have a basic "Miesian box" building. It was the "in" style for a while. They're all based on the Seagram's Building in NYC:

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BTW, my wife refers to the BoA tower as the "ugly building".

[KevinFromTexas]

It's one of my favorites. lol It's a perfect example of the international style.

[LouisianaRush]

Great pictures man. Very crisp.

[DFW LUV]

Looking North
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This is not a Chamber of Commerce viewpoint.

That refinery must look horrible on a dreary cloudy day.

[jaga185]

I haven't been through Baton Rouge since I was about 7 years old. Anyway, great pictures!

[Boquillas]

Great pics! I must have missed this! Baton Rouge is interesting-- everything lines up with the capitol building. It's a shame you guys got stuck with such a large refinery in such a pretty city.

[LouisianaRush]

It may be not beautiful, but it is a money maker for the area.

[alon504]

It may be not beautiful, but it is a money maker for the area.

Yep, and it keeps the price of gasoline in check for a third of the country. If that baby shut down, gas would be around $7 or $8 a gallon. That refinery puts out mega, and I mean mega gasoline for this country.

[fla_tiger]

The Chamber surely appreciates the "magnet that is the mighty Mississippi and the pull it has on landing this Fortune 500 company and dozens more to the region, not to count the tens of thousands of jobs and their $70K salaries.

[DFW LUV]

It may be not beautiful, but it is a money maker for the area.

Great photos TexasStar!

Baton Rouge has a nice looking core with much potential.

I realize the refinery is a powerful economic engine for the city; but environmentally it seems like a high price to pay. Essentially a 2 mile swath north of downtown has been eliminated from any type residential, retail or evironmentally clean industry development.

[10101000]

Thanks for the photos!