The Downtown Development District’s new campaign called “Summer Starts Downtown,” offers discounts and specials to encourage more locals and visitors to support downtown restaurants, hotels and shops.
One of those hotels is The Barnett at 600 Carondelet St. Its name honors a former tenant of the property, Max Barnett Furniture.
Born in New Orleans in 1878, Barnett entered the furniture business in Chicago when he was 19, before opening his first local furniture store in 1899 at Poydras and South Rampart streets, according to a New Orleans Item-Tribune profile…