New Orleans Passport Center

The staff was beyond helpful and assisted me in obtaining an emergency passport renewal that I needed for a flight the same day.

This facility is available to those traveling in less than two weeks, and are willing to pay the expedited fee of $ 60 in addition to all the other fees associated with getting a passport and/​or passport card (travel USA-​Canada or Mexico only).
While the service is designed to offer same-​day passports, the employees try to tell you the turnaround time is 1 business day. Since I’m leaving before the next business day, I let out a gasp of desperation, and he modified the pick-​up time. If he had read my departure documents correctly, this minor snafu could have been avoided.
The office is sparkling clean, and if I worked there, I’d enjoy the brilliant view of the mighty Mississippi daily. An extra two thumbs up for the security guards who appear as if they retired from a job requiring physicality many moons ago.

Only 13 of them exist in the entire country.
And unless you have a specific emergency in which you need to leave the country in less than two weeks, you will neither gain access here, nor will you get a passport with NOLA bling bling on it. Most trips overseas are of course non-​emergencies, and thus you apply for your passport through D.C. via snailmail.
The process changed a bit since I got my passport here (It was right before September 11^th)
However if you live in NOLA, and you have a foreign emergency, this is an EXTREMELY RARE perk of living in New Orleans. Service is extremely fast and your picture is taken on-​site. (again, unless the process changed) So there is no need to go to a Walgreen’s and fork over $ 10 for two silly pictures.
Phoenix, Dallas, St. Louis, Baltimore, Minneapolis, Atlanta and Cleveland are just a few of the countless much much larger cities that wish they could offer this provision to their citizens.