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The 1440 Canal, also formerly known as the Tidewater Building and Tidewater Place, located at 1440 Canal Street in the Medical District of the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, is officially a 24-story, -tall high-rise building designed in the by Kessels-Diboll-Kessels. The building has lesser-known 25th and 26th floors that are accessible only from the 24th floor and are much smaller in area than the other floors. It originally was built as the corporate office for Tidewater Marine in 1971. Tidewater Inc. donated the building to Tulane University in 1993. The building is the home to the Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine. A few other Tulane offices are housed there as well. Tulane replaced all external signage which read "Tidewater" with signs that read "Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine." WWOZ, radio station 90.7 FM in New Orleans, has its antenna and transmitter atop the building. 〔(WWOZ blog )〕 As a result of the deluge from the levees breaking during Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, the building suffered from approximately four feet of floodwaters on the ground floor. Repopulation of the building began in November 2005.〔(Tulane Research Blog )〕 The building reopened in January 2006.〔(''The New Wave'' Tulane News )〕 ==Location== 1440 Canal Street New Orleans, LA 70112 The building is located at the corner of Canal Street and LaSalle Street. Zone: Medical District Neighborhood: Central Business District District: French Quarter/CBD 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1440 Canal」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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