Downtown New Orleans
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In New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, downtown has historically referred to neighborhoods along the Mississippi River, downriver from Canal Street – including the French Quarter, Tremé, Faubourg M
The interstate 10 exit that leads directly into the "Downtown" New Orleans area at night.
Canal Street at night, looking away from the river towards Mid-City; the traditional dividing line.
A picture of the well known Bourbon Street in Downtown New Orleans in 1941.
Alvar Street branch New Orleans Public Library, 1940. The WPA-built branch library is on Alvar Street near Burgundy in the Bywater neighborhood
New Basin Canal
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The New Basin Canal, also known as the New Canal and the New Orleans Canal, was a shipping canal in New Orleans, Louisiana, that operated from the 1830s into the 1940s.
New Canal Lighthouse
Small pleasure boats now moor on the only remaining portion of the canal that was important to regional commerce in the 19th century
The New Basin Canal and adjacent West End Park in 1915, viewed from Lake Pontchartrain towards the City of New Orleans, three miles to the south.
New Basin Canal Aerial View - 1948