New Orleans Visit

he Central Business District is the financial and business heart of the city. A walk through this area is very important if you want to see the other side of the city (literally). At the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1804, many Americans, including Kentuckian and Tenesseean frontiersmen, had come into the city in order to seek their fortune, but the native French population did not accept their "crude" and "uncultured" lifestyle. Canal Street became a sort of dividing line between the naturally-born French and the American newcomers. The whole area west of Canal Street (called the Commons), at one time Jesuit-owned farmland, was given to the city by an act of Congress in 1807, and was promptly carved up into blocks. Unlike the other tours, this tour of the New Orleans Central Business District and Arts District is broken into two parts. Even though it is possible to accomplish both parts at one time, be prepared for a little extra walking. In case you don't feel like doing the whole tour in one day, click on whichever one you want to get started on. The first part will cover the CBD, the financial and business hub of the city, and the counterpart to the French Quarter. The second part will guide you through the newly-developed Arts District, otherwise known as the Warehouse District, due to the number of riverfront warehouses that were once located in this area. These tours are a bit more architecturally oriented than the others, so you may come away with a better sense of the styles and designs of New Orleans architecture. Both sections are accessible from the links below. The locations are numbered starting with the Central Business District, and continuing on into the Arts District. You can jump to either part of the tour from any page. Enjoy your tour.