Esplanade and St. Claude Avenues, and Press Street and the Mississippi River are the boundaries of the Faubourg Marigny District. Faubourg Marigny is one of the original extenstions of New Orleans.
Directly downriver from the French Quarter, Faubourg Marigny had become a vibrant neighborhood known for its distinctive architecture and great music and restaurants before Hurricane Katrina.
Named for Marquis Bernard De Marigny who subdivided his plantation to create the Faubourg Marigny, refusing to sell to anyone that could not speak French. Marigny inherited seven million dollars when his father died making him perhaps the richest man in the new world.
Marigny is infamous for introducing craps, the gambling game, to America. Le crapaud is French for frog, and craps was initially called Le crapaud to describe the players position in playing the game. Burgundy, one of the streets in Faubourg Marigny, was originally called Craps because of Bernard de Marigny’s addiction to the game.
I’ve checked numerous blogs to get an idea of what is left of Faubourg Marigny and the Big Easy in general. Information is scarce and I plan to travel there and see for myself. Stay tuned.
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