I agree with Mary. As a long-time resident of New Orleans, it’s nice to see something other than Bourbon Street mentioned when referencing our culturally-rich city.
Bourbon St. is for tourists and, unfortunately, has lost much of its charm over the years to t-shirt and junk souvenir shops.
Canal St. has always been historically significant to the city and has undergone a renaissance over the past several years. It once was (and hopefully soon will be again)THE place to go in the Crescent City, with fine shops and restaurants lining the sidewalks. It was a place people used to dress in their finest clothes to visit. And with places like the Palace Cafe and some of the finest hotels in the city standing proudly on Canal St., it is much more culturally relevant than Bourbon St.
New Orleans has much to offer our visitors. And mass consumption of alcohol and relaxed morals, while very important, are only a small part of it.

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An interesting thing about Canal St. being the “neutral ground” between the French / Creoles and the newer American residents in New Orleans: in Nola “neutral ground” has become part of the local lexicon. We call all medians the “neutral ground”. I grew up thinking that was what a median was called and only later learned that it had some historical reference.