Unpacking the busiest corner in Mid-City: Tulane and Carrollton.
Tulane and Carrollton
The corner of Tulane and Carrolton connected Mid-City to Uptown and Metairie.
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1947
Tulane and Carrollton in 1947. The photographer stands on Tulane Avenue, looking west. The streetcar tracks curve over to S. Carrollton Avenue here, for the
Tulane and St. Charles Belt lines.
Chep Morrison
Mayor Morrison and the “Miracle Mile”
Maison Blanche Carrollton
Maison Blanche’s Carrollton Store opened in 1948
By 1964, the location morphed into a Budget Store, as MB Airline took over as the western suburban store.
Pelican Stadium
Home of the New Orleans Pelcans and New Orleans Black Pelicans (Negro League). This photo is from 1951, as work begins on ripping up the streetcar tracks on Tulane Avenue.
Wider shot showing the closure of the New Basin Canal as construction begins on the Pontchartrain Expressway.
Railroads
Illinois Central’s Panama Limited, stopping at the Carollton Station.
Kansas City Southern’s “Southern Belle” train, crossing Carrollton Avenue, heading to Kansas City, Missouri.
Pontchartrain Expressway and Airline Highway
The Carrollton Interchangei, 1964. The buildings in the background are Mid-City Baptist Church (left) and Jesuit High School (right).
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