Storyville was the prostitution district of New Orleans, Louisiana from 1897 through 1917. Nickname: Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Government  - Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area  - City  350. ... 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ...

Locals usually simply referred to the area as The District. The nickname Storyville was in reference to city alderman Sidney Story, who wrote the legislation setting up the district. Most of this former district is now occupied by the Iberville Housing Projects, two blocks inland from the French Quarter. French Quarter: upper Chartres street looking down towards Jackson Square and the spires of St. ...

One of the few surviving buildings from Storyville, 2005 photograph. 100 years earlier, the "New Image Supermarket" building housed Frank Early's saloon, where Tony Jackson regularly played.

The District was set up to limit prostitution to one area of town where it could be monitored and regulated by authorities. In the late 1890s, the New Orleans city government studied the legalized red light districts of northern German and Dutch ports and set up Storyville based on such models. Between 1895 and 1915, "blue books" were published in Storyville. These books were guides to prostitution for visitors to the district's services including house descriptions, prices, particular services, and the "stock" each house had to offer. The Storyville blue-books were inscribed with the motto: "Order of the Garter: Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (Evil to Him Who Evil Thinks.)" Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1714, 1869 KB) New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: One of the few surviving buildings from the historic en:Storyville Red Light District. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1714, 1869 KB) New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina: One of the few surviving buildings from the historic en:Storyville Red Light District. ... Anthony (or Antonio) Jackson, best known as Tony Jackson (June 5, 1876 - April 20, 1920) was a United States pianist, singer, and composer. ... The 1890s were sometimes referred to as the Mauve Decade, because William Henry Perkins aniline dye allowed the widespread use of that colour in fashion, and also as the Gay Nineties, under the then-current usage of the word gay which referred simply to merriment and frivolity, with no...

Establishments in Storyville ranged from cheap "cribs" to more expensive houses up to a row of elegant mansions along Basin Street for well-heeled customers (the term "crib" originated in San Francisco's red-light district.) New Orleans' cribs were fifty-cent establishments whereas the more expensive establishments could cost up to ten-dollars. Black and white brothels coexisted in Storyville, however, black men were barred from legally purchasing services rendered in either black or white brothels. Nonetheless, brothels with black prostitutes serving blacks openly flourished with the full knowledge of the police and other local authorities a short distance uptown from Storyville proper.^{[citation needed]} Basin Street is a road in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...

The District was adjacent to one of the main railway stations where travelers arrived in the city and became a noted attraction for many visitors.

Jazz did not originate in Storyville (it started off as a New Orleans style of music played all over town), but it flourished there as in the rest of the city; many out-of-town visitors first heard this style of music there before the music spread up north. Some early jazz writers suggested that Storyville was key in the development of jazz and that its closing was responsible for New Orleans musicians leaving for Chicago, but this is now regarded as inaccurate. Some people from elsewhere continue to associate Storyville with the origins of jazz. It was tradition in the better Storyville establishments to hire a piano player, and sometimes small bands. Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States around the start of the 20th century. ... Nickname: Motto: Urbs In Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: Country United States State Illinois County Cook & DuPage Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City  234. ...

The District was closed down by the federal government (over the strong objections of the New Orleans City Government) during World War I in 1917. In regard to prostitution, New Orleans Mayor Martin Behrman procounced that, "[y]ou can make it illegal, but you can't make it unpopular." After 1917, when Storyville was shut-down, separate black and white underground dens of prostitution emerged around the city. “The Great War ” redirects here. ... Martin Behrman (14 October 1864–12 January 1926), an American Democratic politician, was the longest-serving mayor in New Orleans history. ...

The District continued in a more subdued state as an entertainment center through the 1920s, with various dance halls, cabarets, and restaurants. Speakeasies, gambling joints, and prostitution were also regularly found in the district despite repeated police raids. The 1920s is a decade that is sometimes referred to as the Jazz Age or the Roaring Twenties, usually applied to America. ... This does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... The term gambling has had many different meanings depending on the cultural and historical context in which it is used. ...

Almost all the buildings in the former District were demolished in the 1930s to clear the land for the building of the Iberville Projects. While much of the area contained old and decayed buildings, the old mansions along Basin Street, some of the finest structures in the city, were leveled too. The city government wished to do all it could to blot the notorious district from memory. Basin Street was even renamed "North Saratoga" (although the historic name was returned some 20 years later). Face The 1930s (years from 1930–1939) were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression, also known in Europe as the World Depression. ... The Iberville Projects are one of the Housing Projects of New Orleans and are located in the 4th Ward of downtown New Orleans on the former site of the famous Storyville district. ...

A remarkable collection of photographs by E.J. Bellocq depicting Storyville prostitutes was published in 1971 under the title Storyville Portraits. Ernest J. Bellocq (1873-1949) was a professional photographer who worked in New Orleans during the early 20th century. ...

Further reading

Storyville, New Orleans by Al Rose, University of Alabama Press, 1978. ISBN 0-8173-4403-9

Reference

• Rosen, Ruth (1982). The Lost Sisterhood: Prostitution in America, 1900-1918. The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 80-81. ISBN 0-8018-2665-9.