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Danny Barker’s Birthplace

By Brennon Slieff, Kathy Bradshaw & Courtney Carver
Musician, educator, author and storyteller Danny Barker was born in 1909 in the rear building at 1027 Chartres Street. At the time of Barker's birth, the lower French Quarter community was home to a large African American and Sicilian…

The Lyric Theatre

By Brennon Slieff, Kathy Bradshaw, Courtney Carver & Charles Chamberlain
During the 1920s, the Lyric Theater was New Orleans premiere African American vaudeville theater. Formerly located at the downtown-lake corner of Burgundy and Iberville streets in the French Quarter, the Lyric Theater was touted as “America’s…

The Tango Belt

By Brennon Slieff, Kathy Bradshaw, Courtney Carver & Charles Chamberlain
In the 1910s and 1920s, the Tango Belt was a popular entertainment section of the upper French Quarter, and where dance halls featured local jazz. Named after the Argentine dance that swept the globe in 1913, the Tango Belt spanned several blocks…
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