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Contents 1 Boundaries 2 Place des Armes or Place d'Armes? 3 More/better photos needed 4 Name of district Vieux Carré or whatever 5 Ursuline Convent ia not a bar 6 Alcohol Consumption in New Orleans

[edit] Boundaries

Although tourists (and locals when talking to tourists) often refer to the block between Canal and Iberville as part of the Quarter, the Quarter's residents rarely do. The current language makes the distinction sound pedantic.

Also, I'm not sure how one would go about ascertaining what the most common definition was. What is the verifiable source for that?

Perhaps "very common" would be better? Note that the majority of maps of the city which designate the Quarter show the upper boundry as Canal Street. -- Cheers, -- Infrogmation 16:56, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

• The canal for which canal street is named, and later the street, were a historical boundary between the french quarter and the american "quarter" (hence, "neutral ground" for the land over the filled-in canal). It's a lot easier to verify the historical meaning or the map meaning than what "most people mean" Dystopos 17:19, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

Maybe someone more familiar than I am with the history of Canal Street as a division could add expand on this. The information Dystopos provided is the sort of detail that, contrasted with the current zoning information, people are probably turning to Wikipedia to find out. Cka3n 17:24, 12 December 2005 (UTC)

First, there is no filled-in canal. It was never dug. Second, my understanding (but I don't have references in front of me right now) is that the only reason the block between Canal and Iberville isn't considered part of the Quarter is that, in the mid- to late-20th century, when preservationists and do-gooders started preserving and otherwise doing good, the business interests on the then-vibrant Canal Street lobbied to have the downriver side of Canal exempt from any French Quarter regulations. I'm willing to be disputed on this, but that's my recollection.... — Muffuletta 06:20, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

• You're quite right. My mistake with the history of the canal. I think we agree that we should distinguish between the "historical meaning" (the concept of a cultural boundary delimited by a "neutral zone") from the boundary placed under the jurisdiction of the Vieux Carre Commission, which, as you note, is a modern administrative definition. --Dystopos 15:10, 24 February 2006 (UTC)

I thought that the generally accepted boundaries of the Quarter are Canal Street, Rampart Street, Esplanade St, and Decatur Street. Sf46 (talk) 07:01, 22 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Place des Armes or Place d'Armes?

This gives the former name of Jackson Square as Place des Armes. Are we sure it's not Place d'Armes? I think that's the more usual term, as used in Montreal and Quebec City. - Montréalais 16:02, 19 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] More/better photos needed

The article currently has 2 pics that are somewhat garishly colored and unpretty in my view ("UpperChartersNOLA.jpg" and "NOLARoyalStPeterIronwork.jpg", which are both pics of old postcards), a pic of a street sign, and a pic of the Jackson Statue with not a person in sight. There is no indication of the hustle and bustle of the district, no pic showing pedestrian life. More/better pictures would help! doncram (talk) 18:12, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

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I replaced a couple of the photos and added another. We have a good number of photos on Commons (though of course could still use more); feel free to browse and if you like substitute what's inn the article. I think the postcards were the best availible images we had back around 2003; and images can tend to stay in articles unless someone bothers to change them. BTW, I usually get down to the Quarter at least one day most weeks, and am willing to take photo requests if there's someplace/something in particular someone wants a photo of. Cheers, -- Infrogmation (talk) 19:11, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Name of district Vieux Carré or whatever

I just left the lead sentence as "The French Quarter, also known as Vieux Carré, is ...." Should it be "the Vieux Carré" or "le Vieux Carré? From afar, i don't know, please fix if appropriate. FYI, though, the correct name to appear in the NHL/NRHP infobox is Vieux Carre Historic District because it is a fact that that is what the U.S. National Park Service calls it, in its webpages and in its NRHP document. Yes, it shoulda been Carré not Carre, but it is not. doncram (talk) 18:17, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

Locally I hear "the Vieux Carré" (which I suppose is sort of a mix of English and French) commonly. -- Infrogmation (talk) 18:42, 31 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Ursuline Convent ia not a bar

As far as my understanding goes the Ursuline Convent was a either a church or a prison that became a church - I could be wrong here. But I don't think it's a bar as mentioned in the wiki article about the french quarter. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Asif Murad101 (talk • contribs) 14:29, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Alcohol Consumption in New Orleans

Alcohol consumption is allowed city wide in plastic containers or cans, not just in the French Quarter as this article states. Citation of source should be made by the author if available.