Everyone knows that music pours out of the doors and through the cracks of every building in New Orleans, but did you know its actually a part of the streets as well? All throughout the city, the buildings you pass and areas you travel through are in some way related to the history of jazz, the original music of New Orleans. http://www.neworleans.com/ Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:12:29 +0000 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.neworleans.com/images/M_images/joomla_rss.png http://www.neworleans.com/ Everyone knows that music pours out of the doors and through the cracks of every building in New Orleans, but did you know its actually a part of the streets as well? All throughout the city, the buildings you pass and areas you travel through are in some way related to the history of jazz, the original music of New Orleans. http://www.neworleans.com/tours/jazz-history-walking-tours/1124-central-vieux-carre-jazz-history.html HistoryThe area in this tour includes the central part of the Vieux-Carre--that part of mid-way between N. Rampart and Decatur Streets. The Vieux Carre is the original city founded by Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville in 1718. The Bourbon St. entertainment district is approximately seventy-five... Anne Smith Mon, 12 May 2008 21:05:28 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/jazz-history-walking-tours/1122-treme-vieux-carre-storyville-jazz-history.html HistoryThe area in this tour includes parts of Faubourg Treme, the Vieux Carre, and Storyville. Treme, a relatively low-density residential area with some commercial uses dates from 1810, and is the third oldest faubourg (suburb), with Faubourg Ste. Marie (1788) - now the Central Business District -... Anne Smith Mon, 12 May 2008 20:54:06 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/jazz-history-walking-tours/1121-lafayette-squarebusiness-jazz-history.html HistoryThe area in this tour starts at Lee Circle, where the Lower Garden District or Coliseum Square area meets the Lafayette Square District. It extends through the Lafayette Square District to Poydras Street and then through the Historic Office Core of the Central Business District to Canal... Anne Smith Mon, 12 May 2008 20:50:17 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/jazz-history-walking-tours/1119-decatur-st-vieux-carre-jazz-history.html HistoryThe area in this tour includes the river-most part of the Vieux Carre. The Vieux Carre is the original city founded by Jean Baptiste Lemoyne de Bienville in 1718. This tour starts at the lower end of the French Quarter, and proceeds along Decatur St. for almost all its length and includes the... Anne Smith Mon, 12 May 2008 20:43:00 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/jazz-history-walking-tours/1118-business-districtback-otown-jazz-history.html History:This tour takes in an area of Faubourg Ste. Marie (now the Central Business District) composed of the back edge of the business district and the front edge of a residential and small commercial area populated by a variety of ethnic groups including African-Americans, Chinese-Americans,... Anne Smith Mon, 12 May 2008 20:28:08 +0000 http://www.neworleans.com/tours/jazz-history-walking-tours/1117-canal-street-jazz-history.html History:Canal Street is reputedly the widest main street in the US. It gets its width and name from a proposed, but never constructed canal that was to extend from the turning basin of the Carondelet Canal and follow a path around the Vieux Carre on a right-of-way that now includes Canal and Basin... Anne Smith Mon, 12 May 2008 20:18:42 +0000