This stretch of green from Canal Street to Esplanade Avenue overlooks the Mississippi River as it curves around New Orleans, giving the city the name the Crescent City. The wooden promenade section in front of Jackson Square is called Moon Walk, named for Mayor Moon Landrieu, under whose administration in the 1970s the riverfront beyond the flood wall was first opened to public view. Erected in 2003, the modest Holocaust Memorial has a spiral walkway clad in Jerusalem stone. At the center of the spiral are nine sculptural panels by Jewish artist Yaacov Agam. The faces of the panels converge into different shapes when viewed from different angles, and a plaque at the top of the spiral describes the symbolic significance of each view. Woldenberg Park is named for its benefactor, local businessman Malcolm Woldenberg, whose statue is in the park. Ocean Song, a large kinetic sculpture near the statue of Woldenberg, was created by local artist John T. Scott.
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