Plan for French Market Expansion
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The area around the port of New Orleans had long been used as a site for market. In the 1930's plans were drafted to demolish one side of Gallatin Street to make way for the expansion of the French Market. In 1935, the street was officially renamed French Market Place. This view is drawn from the US Mint.
Louisiana State Museum
This file appears in: The Demise of Gallatin Street
The Demise of Gallatin Street
In 1924, Times-Picayune journalist Lyle Saxon provided a description of Gallatin Street as it appeared in the 1920s, calling it “deserted, forgotten, given over to warehouses and storage rooms of…