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The Canal Street streetcar line which runs from the Canal Street Ferry to the cemeteries.  Palm trees line the track located on the neutral ground.

 

The historic green St Charles Ave street cars run briefly on Canal Street as they turn around and head towards Carrollton Ave and Uptown along St. Charles Ave. 

 

The red and air conditioned Canal Street streetcars.  Be careful on which streetcar you board--some go to the museums and City Park, and others go to the cemeteries at the north end of Canal Street. 

 

An old Walgreens on Canal Street--itself, a part of Americana history. 

 

Looking north along Canal Street towards the Ritz Carlton Hotel. 

 

The St. Charles streetcar making its turn off of Canal Street and heading back towards the Garden District and beyond. 

 

A Canal Street streetcar taking on passengers--heading north.  The streetcars can get quite crowded during rush hour. 

 

Jazz Gumbo--a souvenir shop once located on Bourbon Street and now found on Canal. 

 

Looking out the back of a streetcar as it makes its way to the end of the line near Harrah's Casino and the ferry. 

 

Harrah's Casino figures prominently at the end of Canal Street--located across from the World Trade Center.   

 
Don Bernardo de Galvez became governor of Louisiana in February, 1777.  De Galvez, a Spaniard, is said to be one of the most romantic figures of New Orleans history.  The statue was a gift from Spain during the U.S. Bicentennial. 
 
 

De Galvez became the most popular man of his time in the Louisiana colony through brilliant military victories and the wedding of a Creole girl.  The achievements of de Galvez were so appreciated by the Spanish government that he was promoted to lieutenant-general and in 1785 was made captain-general of Cuba, Louisiana and Florida.  Dying at the age of only 38, among his accomplishments were also the succession of his father as Viceroy to Mexico.  In the background is the WTC .

 
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