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The Poydras Market also known as the Poydras Street Market, was an early market area in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was a public open-air market. Poydras Market in 1905; painting by William Woodward. Poydras Market was built in 1837 through a land relinquished by Carrollton Railroad Company in order to sell goods transported by the rail system.
Poydras Street in 1962 before it was widened and before De Soto (Le Pavillon) Hotel renovation. The street is named for Julien de Lallande Poydras, who helped Louisiana achieve statehood, [1] served as the first President of the Louisiana State Senate, [citation needed] and Delegate from the Territory of Orleans to the United States House of Representatives, Eleventh Congress (March 4, 1809 ...
The Loyola-Riverfront Streetcar Line is a historic streetcar line in New Orleans, Louisiana.It is operated by the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA). Utilizing trackage from the Rampart–Loyola Streetcar Line, Canal Streetcar Line, and Riverfront Streetcar Line, it runs for a total length of 2.4 miles (3.9 km).
The line ran for 2 miles (3.2 km) [2] from Julia Street at the upper end of the New Orleans Convention Center to the downriver (far) end of the French Quarter at the foot of Esplanade Avenue. Unlike the other three lines, it traveled on an exclusive right-of-way , along the river levee beside New Orleans Belt Railway tracks, making it more akin ...
The oil boom of the late 1970s and early 1980s led to more construction of high-rises in New Orleans, with the completion of 17 of the city's 40 tallest buildings. Today, the high-rises of New Orleans are clustered along Canal Street and Poydras Street in the Central Business District. Poydras Street in particular has emerged as the city's ...
John Churchill Chase (1st Edition was published in 1949.) (1997).Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children and Other Streets of New Orleans, 3rd Edition.Touchstone. {{}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ISBN 0-684-84570-9
1250 Poydras Plaza (also known as the Eni Building and formerly the Mobil Building), [1] is a high-rise international-style [2] office building located at 1250 Poydras Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana. [3] It has 24 stories, and stands at a height of 342 feet (104 m).
Broussard's, along with Galatoire's, Antoine's, and Arnaud's, is one of the four classic Creole New Orleans restaurants known as the Grand Dames. [1]Broussard's first opened in 1920, when an eminent local chef, Joseph Broussard, married Rosalie Borrello, and the couple moved into the Borrello family mansion (built in 1834) at 819 Conti Street in the French Quarter, where the restaurant now sits.