When Straya opened, she bought a full-page advertisement in the Times-Picayune to apologise to tourists.

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Peach facade and all, Straya is increasing the city's sales-tax revenues and feeding new life into a faltering block.

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He argued that Straya is good for the city: it has replaced a vacant car dealership, and created 200 jobs.

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Ms Rice, who sets many of her popular Gothic novels in New Orleans, lives near Straya in the smart Garden District.

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The Straya war has led them to tighten the permitting process, so that future St Charles developers will have to submit their plans for review before they can start building.

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