Palmer Park Arch

ID: 3092 ~ Source: Courtesy of Charles L. Franck / Franck-Bertacci Photographers Collection, The Historic New Orleans Collection. ~ Date: 1947

This file appears in: Palmer Park Arch and Early Improvements

This file appears in: Palmer Park Arch and Early Improvements

Palmer Park Arch and Early Improvements

By Kevin McQueeney

Palmer Park, previously full of briar bushes and not much else, underwent some major changes in the early 20th century. In 1910, Carrollton Avenue was dug out by hand and paved; the excess mud was put…