Rampart Street

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Rampart Street is a historic avenue located in New Orleans, Louisiana.

The upper (up river) end of the street is in the New Orleans Central Business District. After crossing Canal Street, it forms the inland or northern border of the French Quarter (Vieux Carre).

The famous "Eagle" building at Rampart & Perdido streets is a jazz history landmark
The famous "Eagle" building at Rampart & Perdido streets is a jazz history landmark

The street gets its name from the wall, or "Rampart" ("Rempart" in French), that was built on the north side of the street in the city's early years to fortify the early French colonial city. Today, Rampart St. has four lanes separated by a tree-lined median. Like Canal Street, Carondelet Street, and other streets in New Orleans, Rampart features classic lightposts reminiscent of the past.

Across Elysian Fields Avenue, the street continues into the Faubourg Marigny neighborhood, then splits off from St. Claude Avenue to become a single lane one way street through residential neighborhoods. It continues into the Bywater neighborhood. With a break from the Industrial Canal, Rampart street resumes in the Lower 9th Ward.

In the early and mid 20th century Rampart Street was the center of an important African-American commercial and entertainment district.

Famous landmarks on Rampart include:


Rampart Street has been commemorated in such tunes and songs as "South Rampart Street Parade" and "I've Got the Blues for Rampart Street".

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