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A Walk Around the Lower Garden District

The Lower Garden District offers visitors a diverse sampling of
the ethnic, historical, and economic dynamics at work in the
area through the last two centuries. Although this area is not
as opulent as the neighboring Garden District (see pp102–3),
it has seen a tremendous amount of revitalization since the
1990s. The walk takes you past buildings with fascinating
histories, ornate churches, an antebellum mansion, and a
cut-down Eiffel Tower.
mythology. Walk two
blocks toward the river
to Coliseum Park 2, an
irregular space that
was laid out in 1806.
The park’s name refers
to an outdoor arena 5 Interior of St. Mary’s Assumption
that was planned here
but never realized. proximity for separate Irish
Follow the path along and German parishes during
Camp Street beneath the immigration boom of the
the spreading branches mid-19th century. The Irish 1
of oak trees for three worshipped at St. Alphonsus
blocks and turn left 4, located on the right side of M E L P O M E N E S T
on Race Street. the street. Now deconsecrated, S T. C H A R L E S A V E
P R Y T A N I A S T R E E T
Continue one block St. Alphonsus is open as an arts TERPSICHORE STREET
then turn right on and cultural center with tours 2
Magazine Street. available (Tuesday, Thursday, E U T E R P E S T R E E T
Dominating the corner and Saturday) to view its
here is St. Vincent’s frescoes, stained glass, and a P O LY M N I A S T R E E T COLISEUM S T R E E T M A G A Z I N E S T R E E T
Guesthouse, a small exhibit on the early
St. Charles Avenue fuses the old with the new sweeping structure Irish experience in
with fanciful wrought- New Orleans. PARK E U T E R P E S T R E E T
Coliseum Square to iron balconies 3. The inn was B R A I N I A S T C O L I S E U M S T C A M P
Magazine Street originally built as an orphanage
Begin at the streetcar stop in 1861, a time when yellow 9 0 R A C E S T R E E T
at St. Charles Avenue and fever left many children without S T . C H A R L E S A V E N U E S T . A N D R E W S T F E L I C I T Y S T R E E T 3
Melpomene Street 1, which parents. The orphanage was
M A G A Z I N E S T
is one of a collection of parallel a beneficiary of Margaret S T . M A R Y S T R E E T
streets in the area, named for Haughery, an Irish 8 J O S E P H I N E S T R E E T O R A N G E S T R E E T C O N S T A N C E S T R E E T
the Nine Muses of Greek immigrant and
orphan herself
who made an C A M P S T R E E T
Tips for Walkers enormous fortune S T R E E T F E L I C I T Y S T R E E T
R I C H A R D S T
Starting point: The streetcar operating bakeries S T . A N D R E W S T S O P H I E W R I G H T P L
stop at the corner of St. Charles around the city. 1 S T S T R E E T
Avenue and Melpomene Street. Continue up Magazine S T R E E T S T . M A R Y S T
Length: 1.75 miles (2.8 km). Street, where homes give 2 N D S T R E E T
Getting there: By streetcar to the way to rows of boutiques C O L I S E U M J A C K S O N A V E N U E
S T
Melpomene Street stop; or a cab and restaurants with large 5 S T A N C E S T R E E T
ride from Canal Street. balconies shading the sidewalks C H E S T N U T 4
Stopping-off points: Mojo beneath. After four blocks on C O N
Coffee House at Magazine and Magazine Street, turn left on C A M P M A G A Z I N E S T R E E T J O S E P H I N E S T LAUREL ST
Race streets is a popular spot.
P H I L I P S T R E E T
Farther down Magazine, Jackson St. Andrew Street and continue 7
Restaurant serves lunch, dinner, for one block before turning J A C K S O N AV E
and brunch, while Juan’s Flying right on Constance Street. P H I L I P S T
Burrito serves Tex-Mex fare with 6
rock and roll flair. On St. Charles St. Alphonsus and
Avenue, near Jackson Avenue, St. Mary’s Assumption C O N S T A N C E S T R E E T
Igor’s Lounge and Game Room This single block on Constance 1 S T S T R E E T
has big burgers. Street is home to two historic 2 N D S T R E E T
Catholic churches built in close
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