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Featured Episode – When The French Quarter Was Sicilian
Thanks to everyone who came out last Thursday night for our fourth talk in our “Third Thursday Lecture Series.” This talk is essentially a lecture, now podcast, version of part of my “down-river” French Quarter Walking Tour. We explore the part of the Quarter known as “Little Palermo” in the early part of the 1900s. From the riverfront to the French Market, up into the neighborhood, we talk about produce farmers, market vendors, grocers, bakers, organized crime, and a well-known ice cream guy.
Podcast 64 – Battle of New Orleans – On the West Bank
The Battle of New Orleans had an important West Bank component. New Orleans marks the "Glorious Eighth of January" of 1815 with ceremonies at the Chalmette National Battlefield, but the story of what happened on the West Bank is often ignored. Some background: In...
Podcast 63 – The Allard Plantation
Podcast 63 presents the Allard Plantation, now New Orleans City Park. The Allard Plantation The land along Bayou St. John, from Lake Pontchartrain to the "Great Portage" attracted members of Bienville's exploration party from the first trips they made to what would be...
Podcast 62 – Battle of New Orleans (for Walking Tour Guides)
This is the podcast version of the lecture I presented on the Battle to the Friends of the Cabildo WTG 2026. Podcast 62 - Battle of New Orleans (for Walking Tour Guides) I had the pleasure of presenting to the Friends of the Cabildo's Walking Tour Guide class of 2026...
Podcast 61 – When the French Quarter Was Sicilian
Podcast version of our Third Thursday Sicilian talk. Podcast 61 - When the French Quarter was Sicilian Thanks to everyone who came out last Thursday night for our fourth talk in our "Third Thursday Lecture Series." This talk is essentially a lecture, now podcast,...
Podcast P10 – Canal Street 1935 Unpack
The more Canal Street 1935 evolved, the more it remained iconic. Canal Street 1935 Franck Studios of Canal Street at St. Charles Avenue, 1935. The photographer stands in the neutral ground, on the river side of the outside streetcar track. The fiw on the left is of...
Podcast P09 – Pan American on the Back Belt
After 1954, L&N passenger trains like the Pan American ran on the Back Belt to UPT. L&N Pan American 1970 Listen to the podcast here. This 1970 photo shows the Louisville and Nashville (L&N) Pan American passenger train heading to Union Passenger Terminal...
Podcast P07 – Morning Call Postcard
This Morning Call postcard from the 1940s brings back memories. Morning Call Postcard Color postcard of the Morning Call Coffee Stand, in its original French Market location. The owners of Morning Call dispute the claim that Cafe du Monde is the first French Market...
Podcast P06 – Gentilly Streetcar Unpack
The Gentilly streetcar connected Franklin Avenue with downtown. Gentilly Streetcar Unpack NOPSI 884, operating on the Gentilly line, makes its one-block appearance on Canal Street as it turns for the outbound run on the Gentilly line. The line provided street rail...
NOLA History Guy Podcast 60 – Waterbury’s Drugstores
Canal Revival remembers Waterbury's Drugstores. Waterbury's Drugstores In Podcast 60, we tell the story of Waterbury's Drugstores on Canal Street and its expansion stores. Waterbury's had four locations, from 1930 to 1984: #1 Canal and Camp Streets #2 Canal and...
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