Desire Bus
This file appears in: The Desire Line: Streetcar Loss & Rebirth in New Orleans
The Desire bus at the corner of Bourbon and Iberville Streets, ca. 1953.
This file appears in: The Desire Line: Streetcar Loss & Rebirth in New Orleans
The Desire Line: Streetcar Loss & Rebirth in New Orleans
The Desire streetcar line gained widespread acclaim when Tennessee Williams' play, "A Streetcar Named Desire," was published in 1947. By that time, New Orleanians were quite familiar with the Desire line--many of them probably taking…