Pirate's Alley - French Quarter

by Kathleen K Parker

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Pirate's Alley - French Quarter

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Kathleen K Parker

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On a warm summer day, Pirate's Alley in the French Quarter of New Orleans is mostly quiet. Pirate's Alley is famous in New Orleans. From Pirate's Alley
Cafe ( http://www.piratesalleycafe.com/thehistoryofouralley.html ) comes the following excerpt about the alley:" It was originally an open walkway by which you could cut from "Place D�Armes to the Rue de Royale. By 1831, it had been paved with the cobblestones you see today, and was called Orleans Alley South, but to the locals, its nickname was the one always used until it was finally officially changed in 1964.

Pirates Alley, about 600 ft long, and 16 ft wide, is not even shown on many of the French Quarter maps, and surprisingly, most delivery services and even City services outside of the Quarter have a hard time finding addresses here since it doesn�t show up on their data bases. Some would say you need a treasure map to find it, since there aren�t many alleys left,..Standing at that famous intersection is the old lamp post which marks a historic spot indeed, for at this spot, sixteen feet from the Cathedral, and eighteen feet form the Cabildo is the closest proximity of Church, State, and Bar anywhere in the world. And of course, ONLY IN NEW ORLEANS could this happen!" If you want to know more about Pirate's Alley, read the whole history so well told by the cafe which in this photo is the red brick building with the green shutters.See above link.

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June 28th, 2014

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