 It is connected to the adjacent Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel.By the start of the 1980s, increased use of containers in shipping made some of the older riverfront wharves less useful, so the Poydras Street Wharf and the Julia Street Wharf were demolished, and the land was used as part of the 1984 World's Fair.After the fair, this section was redeveloped into the "Riverwalk," an upscale mall intended to attract both tourists and locals.