{"id":4856,"date":"2026-05-31T13:50:06","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:50:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/?p=4856"},"modified":"2026-05-31T13:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T18:50:08","slug":"the-canal-street-streetcar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lacentralrr.com\/Blog\/2026\/05\/31\/the-canal-street-streetcar\/","title":{"rendered":"The Canal Street Streetcar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Canal Street streetcar is seen as it trundled by the Warren Easton High School<\/em> in New Orleans, Louisiana. Its destination is the central business district further down the line. The lot full of buses is a parking and repair terminal for New Orleans Public Service, Inc.<\/em> (NOPSI) just across the side street from the school. Just to the right of this view is one of the streetcar barns where the streetcars were serviced and repaired. It was quite large and fully open facing Canal Street, and was quite interesting to look into while walking down the sidewalk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Canal Street is one of the main drags (in older days THE main drag) in New Orleans. Its head is at the Mississippi River, and it extends 3.6 miles to the northwest, its end at City Park Avenue, an area with a massive number of graveyards for the city. Part of my decision to post this old image was for sentimental reasons — Warren Easton is my old high school alma mater, having graduated there in 1966. The school building, along with the gym and support buildings, took up the entire block. I remember having a class on the 3rd floor, with windows overlooking that transit facility. I spent way too much time fixating on what lay there before me. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the photographer and date of this photograph are unknown to me, it appears to be the early 1950s based on a couple of those automobiles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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