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WAREHOUSE AND CENTRAL
BUSINESS DISTRICTS

When the Americans arrived after the commercial and residential district that
Louisiana Purchase (see p19), they matched the Creole district downriver.
developed a community of their own Today, the CBD incor porates narrow streets
on the upriver side of Canal Street. It was lined with Victorian warehouses, banks,
called the Faubourg St. Mary and extended and office buildings, as well as such broad
from Canal Street to Louisiana Avenue. thoroughfares as Poydras, which is lined
Between 1820 and 1860, the waterfront with sky scrapers belonging to oil companies,
was developed, and behind it grew a hotels, and financial institutions.

Sights at a Glance
Museums and Galleries Churches Restaurants see pp176–7
9 Custom House/ 0 St. Patrick’s Church 1 Acme Oyster House
Audubon Insectarium Parks and Squares 2 Bourbon House
q Gallier Hall 3 Café Adelaide
t Ogden Museum of 1 Woldenberg Riverfront Park 4 Capdeville
Southern Art 3 Spanish Plaza 5 Cochon
y Confederate Memorial Hall r Lee Circle 6 Compere Lapin
u New Orleans Contemporary Boat Trips 7 Domenica
Arts Center 8 Drago’s
i Louisiana Children’s Museum 2 Ferry to Algiers 9 Emeril’s
o The National WWII Museum 10 Herbsaint
11 Mother’s
Shopping Areas 12 Palace Café
4 The Outlet Collection 13 Restaurant August
at Riverwalk 14 Rock-n-Sake
8 Canal Place 15 Ruby Slipper Café
S ROBERTSON STREET N VILLERE STREET 16 Sac-a-lait
Entertainment TREME STREET 17 Willa Jean
LASALLE ST
6 Harrah’s Casino S VILLERE ST LIBERTY ST BASIN
ST
7 Audubon Aquarium of TULANE AVENUE ST CROZAT IBERVILLE STREET
the Americas pp92–3 GRAVIER ST
CLEVELAND AVE
w Mercedes-Benz DAUPHINE ST
Superdome CLARA ST MAGNOLIA FRERET ST DUNCAN CANAL STREET
e Saenger Theatre STREET S ROBERTSON LASALLE STREET PLAZA S RAMPART STREET ROYAL ST
Landmarks ST PERDIDO ST BARONNE STREET CHARTRES ST
5 World Trade O ' K E E F E AV E N U E U N I O N S T C O M M O N S T R E E T DECATUR ST
LOYOLA AVENUE CARROLL ST
Center PENN ST GRAVIER ST N. PETERS ST
CARONDELET ST REET
GIROD ST P O Y D R A S S T R E E T
NATCHEZ ST
LAFAYETTE
Union S RAMPART ST S T. C H A R L E S A V E N U E PL. DE FRANCE
SQUARE
BARONNE STREET
T C H O U P I T O U L A S S T R E E T
Station O'K EEFE AVENUE LAFAYETTE ST CAMP STREET M A G A Z I N E S T R E E T S PE TERS ST
GIROD STREET
COMMERCE ST
JULIA STREET
HOWARD AVENUE
ST. JOSEPH ST
LEE CONSTANCE ST NOTRE DAME ST FULTON STREET
C I R C L E POEYFARRE ST N DIAMOND ST C O N VE N T I O N C E N T E R B LV D M i s s i s s i p p i
ANDREW HIGGINS ST
POE
ST
JOHN CH U RCHILL CHASE ST
P O N T C H A R T R A I N E X P R E S S W A Y
GAIENNIE ST
0 meters 500
0 yards 500
CALLIOPE ST
See also Street Finder maps THALIA ST CRESCENT CITY
CONNECTION
4, 5, & 8
Bas-relief on the facade of Gallier Hall For keys to symbols see back flap
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