New Orleans: A Walk Through Faubourg Marigny
Originating as an early 19th century Creole French speaking suburb, Faubourg Marigny is a New Orleans neighborhood that has experienced significant gentrification post Hurricane Katrina.
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Looking down St. Roch Avenue
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Dan’s Bar at the intersection of St. Roch Avenue and North Rampart Street.
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St. Roch Avenue
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Dauphin Street
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Fire Station No. 24 on Dauphin Street has been adaptive reused as a vacation home.
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A look inside the Marigny Opera House during a Next City Vanguard Alumni event. The Marigny Opera House is an 1853 church that has been converted into a performance venue for local artists, including dance & music.
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The intersection of Royal and Press streets is where the arrest of Homer Adolph Plessy took place in 1892.
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Studio Be is a 35,000 square foot warehouse where visual art depicts the stories of revolutionaries, heroes and everyday New Orleanians.
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An event inside Studio Be.
Article and photographs by Ennis Davis, AICP. Contact Ennis at edavis@moderncities.com