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http://nutrias.org/~nopl/exhibits/ccmem/7.htm - The Prytania Market stood on the River side of Prytania Street at the corner of Upperline. From its earliest days, the
city operated public fish, vegetable, and meat markets situated in neighborhoods throughout town. City ordinances regulated
stall rental, the products that could or could not be sold at certain markets or times of the year (before refrigeration,
for example, the sale of shrimp, fish, or crabs, was prohibited between May 1 and October 1) and enforced very specific health
and sanitary regulations. The advent of supermarkets in the 1950s brought an end to the era of the public market, and today,
only the French Market remains under municipal ownership, more a tourist attraction now than a viable market. Some of the
old market buildings have survived, however, restored to new uses as offices or shops. The site of the Prytania Market is
now home to a small public park. [Louisiana Photograph Collection. Municipal Government Collection; Department of Property
Management Series] http://nutrias.org/~nopl/exhibits/ccmem/7.htm - The Lane Mills on Tchoupitoulas Street just upriver from Napoleon Avenue reminds us of the important role that the
cotton industry once played within the city's economic framework. The mills closed in the late 1950s but the section closest
to Napoleon remains an integral part of the New Orleans economy. Through an outstanding example of adaptive reuse, the structure
now houses a key link in the Schwegmann's supermarket chain. Schwegmann's is the fifth largest private sector employer in
the New Orleans area (or at least it was until the business was sold to outside interests recently). [Rare Vertical File:
Letterheads--Twentieth Century Business Firms] 901 Piety Street (corner Burgundy Street) 1978/06 De Luxe Bell Super Market photo http://nutrias.org/photos/cooper/mjc39.jpg By the 1950s
and ’60s, with the city’s Creole restaurants gaining national recognition, regional bestsellers like River Road Recipes
(1959) and Talk About Good! (1967) alerted
national publishers to the commercial potential of Louisiana cookbooks 1956 Owen Brennan moves Brennan’s
Restaurant from Bourbon Street to its current 417 Royal Street location in the Paul Morphy House. 1959 This plantation home in the middle of the city
of New Orleans had an interesting and distinguished history. According to the Friends of the Cabildo it dates back to about
1763 (rebuilt in 1832) when the Faubourg Saulet was created from a portion of the old Jesuit plantation. After the Saulet
family sold it, the house served as the St. Simeon’s Select School and later as the parochial school for St. Theresa
of Avila Parish. For a while after that the building housed St. Luke’s Private Sanitarium, a mental hospital. The house
returned to the original family when Leona Saulet Soniat purchased it; she honored her late husband in 1924 by establishing
the Leonce M. Soniat Memorial Mercy Hospital. When the new Mercy Hospital opened on South Jefferson Davis Parkway, the Annunciation
Street facility was closed. The old Saulet home was demolished in 1959 and replaced by a Schwegmann’s Supermarket (more
recently a Robert’s Fresh Market); the store has been vacant since Katrina. Photo http://nutrias.org/~nopl/exhibits/allison/bnores75.jpg Gentilly, 5200 plan http://nutrias.org/~nopl/exhibits/ccmem/7.htm The Prytania Market stood on the River side of Prytania Street at the corner of Upperline.
From its earliest days, the city operated public fish, vegetable, and meat markets situated in neighborhoods throughout town.
City ordinances regulated stall rental, the products that could or could not be sold at certain markets or times of the year
(before refrigeration, for example, the sale of shrimp, fish, or crabs, was prohibited between May 1 and October 1) and enforced
very specific health and sanitary regulations. The advent of supermarkets in the 1950s brought an end to the era of the public
market, and today, only the French Market remains under municipal ownership, more a tourist attraction now than a viable market.
Some of the old market buildings have survived, however, restored to new uses as offices or shops. The site of the Prytania
Market is now home to a small public park. [Louisiana Photograph Collection. Municipal Government Collection; Department of
Property Management Series] http://nutrias.org/~nopl/exhibits/ccmem/7.htm The Lane Mills on Tchoupitoulas Street just upriver from Napoleon Avenue reminds us of the important
role that the cotton industry once played within the city's economic framework. The mills closed in the late 1950s but the
section closest to Napoleon remains an integral part of the New Orleans economy. Through an outstanding example of adaptive
reuse, the structure now houses a key link in the Schwegmann's supermarket chain. Schwegmann's is the fifth largest private
sector employer in the New Orleans area (or at least it was until the business was sold to outside interests recently). [Rare
Vertical File: Letterheads--Twentieth Century Business Firms] 901 Piety Street (corner Burgundy Street) 1978/06 De Luxe Bell Super Market photo http://nutrias.org/photos/cooper/mjc39.jpg 1959 This plantation home in the middle of the city of New Orleans had an interesting and distinguished history. According
to the Friends of the Cabildo it dates back to about 1763 (rebuilt in 1832) when the Faubourg Saulet was created from a portion
of the old Jesuit plantation. After the Saulet family sold it, the house served as the St. Simeon’s Select School and
later as the parochial school for St. Theresa of Avila Parish. For a while after that the building housed St. Luke’s
Private Sanitarium, a mental hospital. The house returned to the original family when Leona Saulet Soniat purchased it; she
honored her late husband in 1924 by establishing the Leonce M. Sonial Memorial Mercy Hospital. When the new Mercy Hospital
opened on South Jefferson Davis Parkway, the Annunciation Street facility was closed. The old Saulet home was demolished in
1959 and replaced by a Schwegmann’s Supermarket (more recently a Robert’s Fresh Market); the store has been vacant
since Katrina. Photo http://nutrias.org/~nopl/exhibits/allison/bnores75.jpg Gentilly, 5200 plan
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