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Media related to St. Charles Avenue Streetcar Line at Wikimedia Commons; St. Charles Streetcar line schedule; Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. LA-22, "New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad, Carrollton Transit Station, 8201 Willow Street, New Orleans, Orleans Parish, LA", 30 photos, 6 color transparencies, 3 photo caption pages
Esplanade (June 1, 1861 – December 27, 1934) – This was the first streetcar line to traverse the "back-of-town" section of New Orleans, running all the way out Esplanade Ave. to Bayou St. John in its original routing. From 1901–1934 the Canal and Esplanade lines operated in a loop as the Canal-Esplanade Belt, until Esplanade Ave. went to ...
His son, E. Lysle Aschaffenburg, resurrected the concept in 1926, but chose a site on St. Charles Ave. and Josephine St., nearer to the city's residential districts. For approximately $1 million, the building was completed in 1927 and opened as a residential hotel.
In 1889, writer Martha R. Field observed that "St. Charles Avenue is seven miles long, and is paved with asphalt its entire length" and was lined "with beautiful homes." [2] St. Charles Avenue was the favored site for construction of mansions by the wealthy from the mid 19th century through the early years of the 20th century. A number of the ...
Their gingerbread streetcar uses 445 pounds of flour, 475 pounds of sugar, 400 eggs and 80 pounds of butter. “This treat is just for the eyes,” she said. New Orleans Christmas song about ...
In addition to the Carrollton spurs of both the Canal Streetcar Line and St. Charles Streetcar Lines, two transit routes, operated by New Orleans Public Service at first and later New Orleans Regional Transit Authority, were assigned to South/North Carrollton Avenue: one local (est. in the 1950s, first known as just Carrollton, and later 90 ...
A homeowner in New Orleans, Louisiana has combined her love for Taylor Swift with the spooky allure of Halloween to create an Eras Tour-themed haunted house.. Outside Louellen Berger’s two-story ...
It was the city's first accessible streetcar line, using the Melbourne cars; the historic landmark status of the Saint Charles route prevented the modification of the cars on that line. From the time it opened in 1988, the Riverfront line was originally single-track, 4 ft 8 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge, with one passing siding. But ...