Riding along Tchoupitoulas – St. Mary’s Market

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Riding along Tchoupitoulas offers a view of the "sliver along the river, including St. Mary's Market. St. Mary's Market St. Mary's Market, seen here in this photograph from McPherson and Oliver, in 1864ish. This is the location of the original market. It stood where Tchoupitoulas, Poyfarre, Delord, and St. Joseph Streets converged. So, the market, part of the city's network of public markets, serviced Faubourg Ste. Marie, also known as the "American Sector." While the French Market was the city's first public market, St. Mary's enabled residents living on the Uptown side of Canal Street to shop without having to...