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Podcast 59 – Tulane and Carrollton


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Unpacking the busiest corner in Mid-City: Tulane and Carrollton.

Tulane and Carrollton

The corner of Tulane and Carrolton connected Mid-City to Uptown and Metairie.

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1947

Tulane and Carrollton in 1947. The photographer stands on Tulane Avenue, looking west. The streetcar tracks curve over to S. Carrollton Avenue here, for the Tulane and St. Charles Belt lines.

Chep Morrison

Mayor Morrison and the “Miracle Mile”

Maison Blanche Carrollton

Maison Blanche’s Carrollton Store opened in 1948

By 1964, the location morphed into a Budget Store, as MB Airline took over as the western suburban store.

Pelican Stadium

Home of the New Orleans Pelcans and New Orleans Black Pelicans (Negro League). This photo is from 1951, as work begins on ripping up the streetcar tracks on Tulane Avenue.

Wider shot showing the closure of the New Basin Canal as construction begins on the Pontchartrain Expressway.

Railroads

Illinois Central’s Panama Limited, stopping at the Carollton Station.

Kansas City Southern’s “Southern Belle” train, crossing Carrollton Avenue, heading to Kansas City, Missouri.

Pontchartrain Expressway and Airline Highway

The Carrollton Interchangei, 1964. The buildings in the background are Mid-City Baptist Church (left) and Jesuit High School (right).

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