From Bienville to Bourbon Street to bounce. 300 moments that make New Orleans unique.

WHAT HAPPENED The city gave Bernard de 1718 ~ 2018 Marigny permission to subdivide his 300 property on TRICENTENNIAL April 19, 1805.

One of the city’s most colorful neighborhoods was created by one of its most colorful inhabitants, Bernard de Marigny.

The was developed out of a plantation that Marigny inherited at age 20. He received permission from the Conseil de Ville (City Council) to subdivide the plantation in 1805. Marigny gave the streets whimsical names including Craps, Love, Victory, Bagatelle and Goodchildren — but the city later renamed the THE NEW ORLEANS ADVOCATE PHOTOS THE HISTORIC NEW ORLEANS COLLECTION ORLEANS NEW HISTORIC THE streets to align with those in the . By the end of 1805, Marigny had sold 30 lots. In 1809, Mari-

Frenchmen Street has become the center of the city’s The Krewe du Vieux parade begins in The Societé de Saint Anne gains scores of elaborately gny offered to sell property in the subdivision to newly ar- live music scene. the Marigny. costumed marchers as it passes through the Marigny. rived Haitian immigrants for no money down. By 1811, more This print from about 1821 than 150 homes were listed in the city directory. The area shows a young, somewhat was a magnet for immigrants of all kinds. Creoles, including rural neighborhood, with the Marigny plantation in the Germans, made the Marigny their home. In the early 20th background. century, Italian and Spanish immigrants moved to the area, looking for inexpensive property. After World War II, the area was a victim of white flight to the suburbs. The Marigny’s homes fell into disrepair and crime scarred the area. The area around Washington Square was nicknamed “Little Angola” because of the crime there. In the 1970s, the area experienced a rebirth, which accelerat- ed as property values increased in the nearby French Quarter. Today the area is home to the city’s premier music clubs and some of New Orleans most unique Mardi Gras cultures.

The 700 block of Touro Street, a typically architecturally diverse block in the Marigny