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Decatur Street (other)
Decatur Street can refer to: * Decatur Street (Atlanta), Georgia, U.S. * Decatur Street (New Orleans) Decatur Street is a street in the French Quarter neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA that runs parallel to the Mississippi River. Decatur was formerly known as "Levee Street" or ''Rue de la Levée'', as it was originally the location of t ..., Louisiana, U.S. * Decatur Street (Brooklyn), New York, U.S. See also * Decatur (other) {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decatur Street (Atlanta)
Decatur Street is one of the original 7 streets of Atlanta, Georgia; it was also a famous (and infamous) entertainment area from the 1850s through the early 20th century. History In 1854 the first theater in the city, the Athenaeum, opened on Decatur near Peachtree Street. In the early 20th century, it included an African American entertainment district. In 1906 it was the trigger point of the Atlanta Race Riot; allegations that the street's dive bars, frequented by blacks, were showing nude pictures of white women and "troublesome Negro vagrants" were hanging around there were among the allegations whipping up anti-black sentiment among poor whites. After the riot, the ''Atlanta Constitution'' regularly ran stories documenting city efforts to clean up the street's dance halls, saloons, and dives; ragtime music; whiskey and drug peddling. In 1909 the city nearly changed the name of the street to East Main Street in an effort to clean up the street's reputation.''Atlanta Constit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decatur Street (New Orleans)
Decatur Street is a street in the French Quarter neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA that runs parallel to the Mississippi River. Decatur was formerly known as "Levee Street" or ''Rue de la Levée'', as it was originally the location of the levee. In 1870, when the river had altered its course, it was renamed "Decatur Street" in honor of the naval hero Stephen Decatur Jr. Decatur begins at Canal Street (the corresponding street up-river of Canal Street is Magazine), runs across the French Quarter , and terminates at St. Ferdinand Street in the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood. The most famous sights on Decatur Street are Jackson Square and nearby ''Café du Monde''. For about a century, ''upper Decatur Street'' (the portion closer to Canal Street) had many businesses catering to sailors visiting the port of New Orleans. In the late 20th century, it was redeveloped and became more upscale, with establishments such as the House of Blues. In the late 20th century, ''lower De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decatur Street (Brooklyn)
This article provides a listing (with simple descriptions, where possible) of the streets in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, including Fort Hamilton, the last active-duty military post in New York City. State-named roadways Avenues Numbered Avenues Apart from the portion of 3rd through 7th Avenues beyond 86th Street, the numbered avenues run approximately 40 degrees west of south, but by local custom are called North–south. Boulevards Courts Lanes Loops Parkways Places Roads Streets Named streets Named streets in Greenpoint The east–west streets in Greenpoint are in mostly alphabetical order from north to south. Originally, these streets were simply given lettered names such as "A Street" and "B Street", but in the mid-19th century, the streets were given longer names. This system persists today with a few exceptions: Ash, Box, Clay, Dupont, Eagle, Freeman, Greene, Huron, India, Java, Kent, Greenpoint Avenue (formerly Lincoln Street), Milton ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
