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Storyville was the red-light district of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1897 to 1917. It was established by municipal ordinance under the New Orleans City Council, to regulate prostitution. Sidney Story, a city alderman, wrote guidelines and legislation to control prostitution within the city.
Mar 19, 2018 · The area became known as the "red-light district" and "Storyville" after Sidney Story. It stretched throughout Basin Street, beginning at the former Basin Street Railroad. The district was located at the current site of the Iberville Housing Projects.
Storyville was the red-light district of New Orleans, Louisiana, from 1897 to 1917. Mapcarta, the open map.
Feb 7, 2013 · Discover Storyville in New Orleans, Louisiana: Storyville was New Orleans' historic red light district and hotbed of jazz music, sometimes referred to simply as "The District.".
Concurrently, a separate red-light district for African American patrons—known as Uptown, or Black, Storyville—operated quasi-legally near the site of today’s city hall. All told, the history of Storyville encompasses a tangle of themes, including prostitution, music, money, racial identity, segregation, drug and alcohol abuse, violence ...
A GIS (Geographic Information Science) project to reveal historical/spatial insights into New Orleans' "Storyville" District.
Situated in the city’s Fourth Ward, the approximately ten square blocks that defined Storyville extended from the uptown side of Customhouse (now Iberville) Street to the uptown side of St. Louis Street, and from the lake side of Basin Street to the river side of North Robertson Street.
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