But as NPR's Larry Abramson reports, the Crescent City will provide some unique challenges.
Once in the Crescent City, he's to talk to unionized teachers and raise money for the Democratic National Committee.
And while new housing in the Crescent City is reason to celebrate, rents have doubled and tripled since Hurricane Katrina.
Jamie Hood, 40, from Atlanta, Georgia, visited the Crescent City with friends last weekend as Mardi Gras celebrations kicked off.
When the levees broke and flood waters sent half the town fleeing, the Crescent City was a study in urban dysfunction.
To handle those funds and manage the rebuilding, the ULI panel recommended creation of a new entity, the Crescent City Rebuilding Corporation.
But in our 2010-11 ranking, the Crescent City surged to a respectable 16th, one of the biggest migration turnarounds in the country.
For the Crescent City, massive levee improvements after Hurricane Katrina proved effective.
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The moon waxed over the Crescent City like a sliver over the Mississippi River, a cradle in the sky over the cradle of jazz.
The eyepatch-wearing pianist was among the most erratic characters in the Crescent City, and as a result, his discography includes few solid studio sides.
Not only would it connect the Crescent City to the capital city, it could serve as a method of mass evacuation in time of hurricanes.
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They talk almost incessantly to visitors, which can be disconcerting if you are in the mood for peace and quiet, but that's why I know they have several nicknames for their beloved hometown.... N'awlins, The Crescent City, The Big Easy, and America's Most Interesting City.
New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin took the extraordinary step Thursday of sending a message through the media -- which he termed a "desperate SOS" -- advising the crowd at the convention center to march over the Crescent City Connection bridge to the west bank of the Mississippi River to find relief in neighboring Jefferson Parish.
Plymouth City Bus tweeted that Eggbuckland, Efford, Deer Park, Holly Park and Austin Crescent in the city were "out of bounds" for buses because of the ice.
There were unconfirmed reports on Tuesday that a Red Crescent hospital in the city had been hit.
The centrepiece of the city, Doha Bay was carefully constructed with landfill to make an attractive crescent, along which runs shaded footpaths and cycling tracks.
Torquay, who like Ebbsfleet had also opened up a two-goal first-leg lead on home soil, kept their nerve despite losing 1-0 to York City on the day at Bootham Crescent, only to go through 2-1 on aggregate.
The highest measurement, 8.1 feet, was at Crescent City, California.
Mr. TONY SALAZAR (Panel Member, Crescent City Rebuilding Corporation): This corporation will have the ability to buy homes, buy property from owners who are unwilling or unable to rebuild in those investment areas that will be finalized later.
Hours after the tsunami struck Japan on March 11 last year, the National Weather Service also reported severe damage to harbors in Santa Cruz and Crescent City, Calif.
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Abu Kamal, home to a Red Crescent camp for Iraqi refugees, is across the border from the western Iraqi city of Qaim, which has been a major route for Sunni Arab fighters battling U.S. troops in Iraq.
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Five teams have been sent to Gosht district, between Saravan and the city of Khash, Iranian news agency ISNA quoted the head of operations for the Iranian Red Crescent, Mahmoud Mozaffari, as saying.
Amongst the players that will leave KitKat Crescent is 23-year-old captain Emmanuel Panther who has spent three years with City.
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