That represents one of those difficult photographic situations: does one strive to get the dominant vertical or, alternatvely, the boss horizontal to look correct?
I think the answer generally tends to favour the central vertical element. But not always; probably not here, where the personal comfort of the pedestrian's sense of balance must come into play.
Balconies tend to look good in France, which makes me think that the Big Easy must offer much the same - Vieux Carré etc. Never been to that city, but loved the music from the age of sixteen when I first heard it.
Having written that, I have to confess to having looked for, and failed to find, much of value in that style during road trips through France; mostly, if one looked upwards, one was met by restaurant signs or the threat of a pigeon with loose bowels.
Rob C