A Guide to the Historic French Quarter

A Guide to the Historic French Quarter

by Andy Peter Antippas
A Guide to the Historic French Quarter

A Guide to the Historic French Quarter

by Andy Peter Antippas

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Overview

Local author Andy Peter Antippas presents a walking history of the Vieux Carre, one alley, corner and street at a time.

Walking through the French Quarter can overwhelm the senses--and the imagination. The experience is much more meaningful with knowledge of the area's colorful history. For instance, the infamous 1890 "separate but equal" legal doctrine justifying racial segregation was upheld by the Louisiana Supreme Court at the Cabildo on Jackson Square. In the mid-twentieth century, a young Lee Harvey Oswald called Exchange Alley home. One of New Orleans' favorite drinks--the sazerac--would not exist if Antoine Peychaud had not served his legendary bitters with cognac from his famous apothecary at 437 Royal.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781626192805
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing SC
Publication date: 10/29/2013
Series: History & Guide
Pages: 144
Sales rank: 529,596
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author


Andy P. Antippas is the director of The Street University and Gallery Spaces for the New Orleans Healing Center and owner of Barrister's Art Gallery since 1976. He has lived in New Orleans for more than thirty years and is a former professor of English at Tulane University.

Table of Contents

Preface 9

Acknowledgements 11

Introduction. A History of the French Quarter 13

1 Royal Street: The Gateway into the French Quarter 25

2 Jackson Square 65

3 The Moon Walk on the Mississippi River 73

4 Lower Royal Street to Esplanade Avenue 81

5 Esplanade Avenue to the U.S. Mint and the French Market 113

Bibliography 129

Index 133

About the Author 141

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