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The Prytania Line serviced the Garden District “Silk Stocking Line” was the Prytania Line’s nickname Podcast 66 features the Prytania Line, which offered local streetcar service to the Garden District from 1861 to 1932. The Podcast PDF here   The Route Robinson Atlas 1883, showing Prytania St., below Jackson Prytania route from a 1922 NOPSI transit map. Equipment over the ye...

A deeper dive into the events of 8-January-1815 on the West Bank of the Mississippi River

Podcast 63 presents the Allard Plantation, now New Orleans City Park. Julius Robert Hoening’s 1898 painting by titled “Plantation and Oak Tree“ (Allard Plantation). The Allard Plantation The land along Bayou St. John, from Lake Pontchartrain to the “Great Portage” attracted members of Bienville’s exploration party from the first trips they made to what would be their...

This is the podcast version of the lecture I presented on the Battle to the Friends of the Cabildo WTG 2026. Podcast 62 – Battle of New Orleans (for Walking Tour Guides) I had the pleasure of presenting to the Friends of the Cabildo’s Walking Tour Guide class of 2026 last month, on the Battle of New Orleans. The talk lasted about 50 minutes, plus questions. As a pod, it’s a bit l...

Podcast version of our Third Thursday Sicilian talk. Podcast 61 – When the French Quarter was Sicilian Thanks to everyone who came out last Thursday night for our fourth talk in our “Third Thursday Lecture Series.” This talk is essentially a lecture, now podcast, version of part of my “down-river” French Quarter Walking Tour. We explore the part of the Quarter known a...

After 1954, L&N passenger trains like the Pan American ran on the Back Belt to UPT. L&N Pan American 1970 Listen to the podcast here. This 1970 photo shows the Louisville and Nashville (L&N) Pan American passenger train heading to Union Passenger Terminal on Loyola Avenue. From Mike Palmieri: L&N No. 9 – NEW ORLEANS – Circa 1970 – Photographer Unknown Louisville &...

Canal Revival remembers Waterbury’s Drugstores.   Waterbury’s Drugstores In Podcast 60, we tell the story of Waterbury’s Drugstores on Canal Street and its expansion stores. Waterbury’s had four locations, from 1930 to 1984: #1 Canal and Camp Streets #2 Canal and S. Rampart Streets #3 1632 Dryades Street #5 766 Harrison Avenue There was a #4 store planned for Westgate...

Unpacking the busiest corner in Mid-City: Tulane and Carrollton. Tulane and Carrollton The corner of Tulane and Carrolton connected Mid-City to Uptown and Metairie. The Pod PDF Here   1947 Tulane and Carrollton in 1947. The photographer stands on Tulane Avenue, looking west. The streetcar tracks curve over to S. Carrollton Avenue here, for the Tulane and St. Charles Belt lines . Chep Morrison...

The Creole townhouse at 601 Chartres was built in 1793. 601 Chartres Street This townhouse from the Spanish Colonial period offers a look into the entire 19th Century in the Vieux Carré. The first floor’s retail space tells many stories. The Pod PDF here   Before the fire Street grid from 1722, only a year after de Pauger drew up the plan. The plan shows the original house at 601 Chartr...

The 1788 fire destroyed French Colonial New Orleans. The Great 1788 Fire We’ve all heard the stories of the 1788 fire. This is not a new or hot take, but some additional information. The Pod PDF here Point of Origin Street grid from 1722, Look for the church, top center, then go left half a block. St. Louis Church, which burned totally in the fire. Governor Miro Esteban Rodriguez Miro , Sixt...

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