Decatur Street (New Orleans)
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Decatur Street is a street in the French Quarter neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States that runs parallel to the Mississippi River. Decatur was formerly known as "Levee Street" or Rue de la Levée, as it was originally the location of the levee.[1] In 1870, when the river had altered its course, it was renamed "Decatur Street" for the naval officer Stephen Decatur Jr.[citation needed]
Decatur begins at Canal Street (the corresponding street up-river of Canal Street is Magazine), runs across the French Quarter, and terminates at St. Ferdinand Street in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood.[citation needed]
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References
[edit]- ↑ Chase, John Churchill (1949). Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children: . . . and Other Streets of New Orleans!. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780684845708. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
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