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It opened August 14, 1988, making it the first new streetcar route in New Orleans in 62 years. 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.
Members of Doreen's Jazz New Orleans band - Lawrence Ketchens II (Sousaphone), Doreen Ketchens, and Deverick Francois, perform for tourists in New Orleans' French Quarter on Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025.
The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré (UK: /ˌvjɜː kəˈreɪ/; US: /vjə kəˈreɪ/; [4] French: [vjø kaʁe]), is the oldest neighborhood in the city of New Orleans. After New Orleans ( French : Nouvelle-Orléans ) was founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville , the city developed around the Vieux Carré ("Old ...
The name French Quarter is misleading in that many of the buildings date from the late-18th century, after the two New Orleans fires of 1788 and 1794 destroyed over 80 per cent of the city.
Flyer by the Louisiana Council for the Vieux Carré opposing the proposed elevated riverfront expressway in New Orleans, c. mid-1960s. The freeway would have split from I-10 at exit 237 ( Elysian Fields Avenue — Louisiana Highway 3021 ) and run south along Elysian Fields Avenue to the Mississippi River .
New Orleans streetcar on St. Charles Avenue in the Garden District with Mardi Gras beads on a tree in the foreground. A view of St. Charles in the downtown New Orleans Central Business District. The "downriver" end meets Canal Street. On the other side of Canal Street in the French Quarter, the corresponding street is Royal Street.
Watch live as police investigate the scene of a New Orleans attack that has left 15 people dead and dozens more injured after a car drove into a crowd of people celebrating the New Year. The ...
Norman's plan of New Orleans & environs, 1845; Exchange Place is marked as number 7. At the time, Canal Street was the dividing line between the French Quarter's Creoles and the Anglo-Americans on the CBD (Central Business District)/ Uptown Side. Peters wanted the exchange to shift more economic activity to the Anglo-American Portion of the city.