A segment of one of Dorothy Day's articles about New Orleans Dance Halls

ID: 5851 ~ Source: New Orleans Item, New Orleans, LA ~ Date: February 31, 1924

This file appears in: “Don’t Wear Your Good Shoes Up Here”: The Arcadia and Alamo Dance Halls of Prohibition Era New Orleans

This file appears in: “Don’t Wear Your Good Shoes Up Here”: The Arcadia and Alamo Dance Halls of Prohibition Era New Orleans

“Don’t Wear Your Good Shoes Up Here”: The Arcadia and Alamo Dance Halls of Prohibition Era New Orleans

By Joseph LeDesma

In the 1920s and 1930s, the second floor of 1001 Canal Street was home to the Arcadia and Alamo Dance Halls. These dance halls served as a space for thirsty men in New Orleans to cut loose at the…