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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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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.
Mayor Morrison and the “Miracle Mile”
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.
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.
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.
The Carrollton Interchangei, 1964. The buildings in the background are Mid-City Baptist Church (left) and Jesuit High School (right).
The post Podcast 59 – Tulane and Carrollton appeared first on Edward Branley - The NOLA History Guy.
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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.
PDF Here
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.
Mayor Morrison and the “Miracle Mile”
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.
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.
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.
The Carrollton Interchangei, 1964. The buildings in the background are Mid-City Baptist Church (left) and Jesuit High School (right).
The post Podcast 59 – Tulane and Carrollton appeared first on Edward Branley - The NOLA History Guy.
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