Gallatin Street, 1936
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This photograph of Gallatin Street was taken from the Canal Street end looking towards the US Mint. At this time, the street had already been slated for demolition. The right side of the block in this image was completely demolished to make way for the construction of a new French Market.
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…