This is Winston Ho, and thanks for the video! I enjoyed watching it! What's funny is that my own UA-cam channel has a video of the annual New Orleans holiday parade in 2022, and you can see float riders throwing candy canes and Christmas themed red and green beads from the floats. Ah yes, now that's what a parade should look like...
This is Winston Ho, and thanks for the video! I enjoyed watching it! What's funny is that my own UA-cam channel has a video of the annual New Orleans holiday parade in 2022, and you can see float riders throwing candy canes and Christmas themed red and green beads from the floats. Ah yes, now that's what a parade should look like...
Winston, you are a wealth of knowledge and he was right. Everything you shared was concise and eloquently said. I will definitely plan a stop to your museum when I'm in town next. Thanks for all that you do!
OMG! You were here for one of the craziest rains and subsequent floods we’ve had in a while. I’m a musician who was gigging that night, and 4 of my friends’ cars got totaled in that flood while playing. At least you go to see Barkus! So glad you enjoyed our amazing city.
Do you live in fear knowing that your city will be the first in the western hemisphere to succumb to climate change's rising sea levels and fear of the next hurricane?
New Orleans! It's a different kind of place - part Old South, part Old Europe, part Third World, part cultural mecca, part spiritual mecca, and part tourist trap. If you get bored in New Orleans, have someone check your pulse. You may be dead. Your video was amazing! I've been a student of New Orleans history for 30+ years and I learned things!
I'm a 75 year old New Orleans native. I'm so glad that you're video showed up for me today. I love the information... I love the video... I love New Orleans. Thank you again and again! 🎶🥳👍🎉🎶
I'm a native New Orleanian and my only complaint is that you don't have an entire series about New Orleans. I'd love to see your treatment of Algiers, on the West Bank, where I grew up. And of course bring back all those wonderful brilliant NOLA experts.
I am a New Orleanian. This is the best video about our city's history/development I've seen insofar as it explains the current city's layout in its historical context. You did a better job of this than many people who are from here. Good work and thank you! Please come back and visit again soon!
This is an excellent video. My ancestors were among the original French settlers of New Orleans. My fifth great grandfather, Louis Gremillion, was first recorded in New Orleans in 1720. He was born in Courcival, France. This presentation of the history of New Orleans (NOLA) was true to the stories that I've heard and learned all my life. Thank you, Daniel Steiner, for a very well researched and interesting video.
yeah. NOT a fan of Robert Moses. What a terrible lasting effect this man had on daily lives. His horrible policies are STILL being implemented to this day in current urban planning as they are such immutable foundations to everything we do. Fighting against these clearly classist, racist and unsustainable perspectives is nearly impossible. Robert Moses is a name almost no one knows and yet every American deals with his terrible ideas everyday
Master builder. We're you not going to have highways after 1930? He preferred building along industrial areas and waterways. But they said no so, where is the cheapest land?
As a Houstonian I grew up going to New Orleans at least twice a summer because my parents were in love with the city and so am I. Vive La Nouvelle-Orleans ⚜️
As a New Orleans Native, thank you for taking your time with this!! I know you said there’s too much to fit in this video but it’s almost as if you covered the exact parts of history most people seem to leave out when I watch stuff like this Mentioning Tremé, the Spanish architect, even where the term Neutral Ground comes from…. This is one of, if not, THE BEST video(s) on our history I’ve seen so far The only thing that would top it is a deeper dive into the Native history!!
I'm not saying this is the only way to teach history and/ or get people interested in it, but this has to be one of the best. I can tell you put a lot of time into this and you are a gifted communicator. I also appreciate how you give shout outs to the people that helped you along the way, the experts in their own field. Liked and subscribed.
Watched all the map videos today and they’re great! I would love to see a video about Savannah Georgia, not as big of a city as the other ones you’ve done but you’d do it well for sure.
i am NOT one to comment on youtube vids usually BUT i am a huge map nerd and have been to nola more times than i count. the city has always had a special place in my heart and i've always been OBSESSED with how this city has grown from swamp to what is now. the difference between maps of when it was first settled to the grid layout today always blows my mind. probably one of my most enjoyed video on this channel and on youtube yet ! keep doing you
Native New Orleanian (7th Ward) and this was a very entertaining video. It's always cool learning deeper info about the city, no matter how much I thought I knew...Thanks!
I did not think I would watch a full video about the city history of a place I've never been to today... you've earned yourself a subscriber! Would love to see the history of Chicago before and after the great fire some day! (That's my hometown) I feel like this channel is going to blow up and I can officially say I was here at 37k.
As one who grew up in New Orleans East but now lives across Lake Pontchartrain in Slidell, I learned sooo much about the city I still love. Thank you for your research and finding these very knowledgeable people.
First video of yours I've come across. Amazing! Hoping you do a lot of foreign map content, which is my main interest, but as a former one-time resident of NOLA, I had to watch.
I'm loving these videos, the quality is so impressive. Fascinating as a Brit to learn about the history of these American cities - helps that I am similarly obsessed with maps!
I’ve been loving all of these videos, great job on them! I could watch for hours, even more detail and history and depth would be fantastic. Also screw Robert Moses, I literally gasped when you said his name, like a surprise cameo of a recurring villain in a tv show.
Born and raised 25 miles from New Orleans, now living near Baton Rouge and I just learned something new! Great video. I’m a history and documentary junkie, so I’ll be checking out more of your content.
I hope this series continues, because I'm loving the deep dive into the history of cities, with the focus on the roads because, let's face it, that's how the people got there! And bringing in experts to back up your research... that's quality! I feel like this video could easily be an hour long with how much history NOLA has!
Loved this video (especially the dog parade) and I am hoping you will do St. Louis next, but I'm not the boss of you. Doesn't matter which city, I'll still watch it
One flavor most notable about this channel is the amazing assortment of interviewees, bringing gobs of information and unique personal flair. Of particular note this episode - the museum guide made me smile each time he appeared, and Yahyah Universe is a national treasure. Thank you for your work, Daniel. This channel's theme and style continue to bring me joy.
Incredible lens to view the city from! The historical understanding from the local people was incredibly enlightening and makes for yet another banger of a vid! Best channel on UA-cam rn imho ❤️
Awesome video! As someone from South Louisiana, I didn't know a lot of this about Nola myself! Definitely took me back home, esp. now that I live far away in SoCal! Keep up the good work
My favorite part of New Orleans urbanism is definitely the streetcar system! The streetcars actually have to do with the po' boy as during a 1929 streetcar strike, the Martin brothers served free sandwiches for their former colleagues! The St. Charles Avenue line is the oldest continuously operating streetcar line in the world! Planning for the line began in 1831, and it began operating as the New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad with steam locomotives in 1835 (the Pontchartrain train you mentioned at 19:17 opened first in 1831), but objections to the soot and locomotive noise increased, and transport was switched to cars that were powered by horses. In the late 19th century, desire for a transit mode that was better than horses but without the disruptive effects of locomotives resulted in a number of systems being tried out. Experimental systems included overhead cable propulsion, including a cable clamp patented by PGT Beauregard in 1869 that was later being adapted for the San Francisco cable cars. While the city's first experiments with electric-powered cars were made in 1884, electric streetcars were not considered sufficiently developed for widespread use until the line was electrified in February 1893! Buses began to be used in New Orleans transit in 1924, and overtime, the majority of streetcar lines were converted to bus or were abandoned outright by the end of WWII, except St Charles Ave! Since then, the city restored streetcars to Canal Street in 2004 and built a new Riverfront line in 1988 and Rampart-St Claude line in 2013.
This was such a fascinating video! (coming from a Louisiana Native). Over the years I have been attempting to solve "The Secret" Written by Byron Preiss and this video has certainly come in handy apposed to me just digging through old archives for maps. We have quiet a bit of New Orleans folks who have been looking for the clay box Bryon hid in NOLA in the 80's for quiet some time now. I didn't know if this was up your alley but I thought Id throw it out there considering it used to be one of the craziest treasure hunts I have ever participated in! Hope you had fun in NOLA!
Great video. Geographer and resident of New Orleans here. Another interesting thing is that the “planned” route of interstate 10 to route along the river-front in the French Q. Included a tunnel under Poydras st and Canal St. The project was so close to happening that they actually built the tunnel! That tunnel is now used as an access from the Harrahs Parking garage to the Harrahs casino (under Poydras street).
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. I went into a deep dive of Kansas City's geography last summer and seeing it done with the rest of the country is so much fun. Thanks Daniel for the work you put into these, they're so well done and engaging. Can't wait for the StL and KC episodes someday!
I grew up in New Orleans & only watched this out of curiosity as to how you'd approach the subject. Great Job! Loved how you outlined each area on the map by hand to explain development. It's a good method. I even learned a couple of things. Will get to your other videos soon.
I was stationed at the Naval Support Activity in Algiers in the late 1990's. We would walk down to the Canal Street ferry and hang out in the Quarter. I still love that city.
As a life long New Orleanean, this has to be one of the best representations of the city. Some of which I wasn't familiar with. Great job with the documentary and shout out to the local experts who helped. Laissez les bons temps rouler
My god I saw this channel and just gasped - I'm an obsessive map nerd and recently (November) got to go to New Orleans so spent ages looking at the city grid and the outer area. This is pure crack for me, subbed!
Oh my god, Daniel, this video was everything I needed. I'm writing a series of historical fictions and one of my main characters is from New Orleans, having lived there from the 1860s through the 1870s. I'm in the UK at the moment so researching has been a bit of a struggle so when you mentioned The Accidental City and Lawrence Powell, it felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders haha
Fantastic video, I have been watching since your boston video and your editing has greatly improved. thought I was watching a vox video at first. Keep it up and I am excited for your future videos!
immediate sub for you my friend. this is an amazing video. New Orleans is my hometown and you did the city so much justice by creating this video so well. You make me want to create videos and tell stories like this!!!
Never have I clicked on a video so fast. I’ve been a sub for what feels like a few years now. As a native, I love all things Louisiana history. Wonderful video!
You just found me on the algorithm last week with a great video about Salt Lake City, and now I see you in THE PLACE I CALL HOME! Thanks for being a great teacher, man.
Honestly, this channel deserves at least 500k more subs. Sadly this stuff is already covered (very badly) by the likes of Wendover and OBF etc, and it's a shame. Keep at it Daniel! Love what you're doing - the research, the production value, the journalism, everything is 10/10.
@@averyshaham1697I dunno Wendover inserts too many random jokes to try and keep the audience's attention. It's like he's geared towards appealing to young teenagers
@@scottanos9981everyone has a genre and getting younger people interested in history and the why of the world is what encourages future engineers. Nothing wrong with either. You're just not wendover's audience.
Just found this account today and so glad I did (thanks UA-cam algorithm). How does this account only have 48k subs?? This is great quality and seriously professional level stuff. Daniel, if you’re reading this, keep it up. Love the content.
12:52 wow i honestly never thought about above ground/underground burials! My city was colonized by the Portuguese so I guess that's why all of our older cemeteries have elaborated above ground tombs, I just thought it was the norm eveywhere!
When standing at the foot of Canal St, the west bank is to the east and south. But the map that was showing when Mr Ho made that statement doesn’t illustrate that, and made it more confusing. If you went due west (pretend you’re a bird) from the foot of Canal, you would cross the river 5 times in the first 20 miles before moving away from the river.
Thanks for producing and sharing this program. I grew up in New Orleans, but learned things from this production that I never learned or was taught while living there. Thanks.
I'll be visiting New Orleans next January and have been watching a TON of "Top Things To Do" and history blurbs about the city... and I have to say this was the most straight-to-the-point informative, well thought out, and well produced video I've seen yet. I may be a bit biased, though, since the first thing I do when planning a trip is find/print out a map--and I have a whole folder full of ones for New Orleans already and stopped the video several times to scribble down notes on my own maps. Thank you so much for your time and expertise!
Fascinating! I am a Mississippian with relatives living near the the old Ursuline Convent for many years. I never knew much of what you told in this video. Many thanks.
I'm a tour guide here. It is so refreshing to see a UA-cam video about our city that is historically accurate (Lawrence Powell! HNOC!!!). 95% or more online about our city is utterly inaccurate - sadly, even from many tour guides. Well done, sir. Wish Faubourg Marigny got more time and attention, but I'm quite partial to it. Maybe next time!
Creole doesn't mean "of the colony". The term was used to define those born in the colony, but that's not what it means itself. Creole comes from the Portuguese word crioulo, a diminutive of cria meaning a person raised in one's house. Cria in turn is derived from criar, meaning "to raise or bring up", itself derived from the Latin creare which is where the word create comes from! So Creole actually means create! Thus through all these different people coming together in New Orleans, they were creating something new! Besides the Creoles of color, there are also Isleños still around from the Spanish period! Isleños (or islanders) originally came from the Canary Islands in the late 1770s. These Isleños also went to Cuba, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico. Fun fact, beignets are considered the official donut of the state! Not the only state with a state donut as the Boston cream donut has been MA's state donut since 2003! The Boston cream doughnut was inspired by the Boston cream pie, which was in turn created by Armenian-French chef Mossburg Sanzian at Boston's Parker House Hotel in 1856. Beignets were introduced by Acadians, the ancestors of Cajuns, who were exiled from Acadia by the British and were recruited by the Spanish to come to Louisiana. French beignets are usually round and made with puffy choux pastry, while New Orleans-style beignets are made of heartier yeasted dough in a square shape.
@@Heyu7her3yea almost every continent has some sort of creole, I was surprised to learn about the Hawaiian creoles but it makes perfect sense with all of the people who have played apart in the islands history.
Just came across this video yesterday and tuned into the SLC video today. I was hoping to see a channel full of cities I can learn about, because your content is very engaging and see you’re just getting started. I’m so excited to see everything you have coming up!
This is amazing content. I love comparing old maps to what is there now. I know you are NYC-based, so at some point in the future I would love to see you cover the history of development in Westchester county. I love how the county is such a mix of old country retreats and newer suburban infill, with clear town centers that each have their own identity.
Really great story! I was recommended yours and Bright Trips channels at a similar time. Were you in their videos as well? If so I’m glad you’re doing you’re own thing, and if I’m confused I’m sorry! 😂
I made my way over here from Johnny Harris' channel and I'm so glad I did and that you've done all this work! Thank you to everyone who helped, especially the people in NO 💛💜
Thank you Yayyah, Lawrence, Peter and Winston! You're each incredible.
Would be so cool to see you Explain the Baltimore map
Great video! You should definitely do one covering the map of Savannah, Ga
do one for baton rouge
This is Winston Ho, and thanks for the video! I enjoyed watching it! What's funny is that my own UA-cam channel has a video of the annual New Orleans holiday parade in 2022, and you can see float riders throwing candy canes and Christmas themed red and green beads from the floats. Ah yes, now that's what a parade should look like...
I know you already did one on nyc but Long Island as a whole could make an amazing video because of how diverse it’s history is
This is Winston Ho, and thanks for the video! I enjoyed watching it! What's funny is that my own UA-cam channel has a video of the annual New Orleans holiday parade in 2022, and you can see float riders throwing candy canes and Christmas themed red and green beads from the floats. Ah yes, now that's what a parade should look like...
Winston! Thank you so much for all your help!
Your remark at the end about how everywhere else is weird compared to New Orleans really made the entire video.
Winston, you are a wealth of knowledge and he was right. Everything you shared was concise and eloquently said. I will definitely plan a stop to your museum when I'm in town next. Thanks for all that you do!
You're an incredible presenter and speaker man, reminds me of my favorite kind of history teachers!
@@Weeabaon It's so true!!
Thank you for including The Historic New Orleans Collection in your research! You are welcome back any time.
This is Winston Ho, and yes, it was a lot of fun. Though I should get a haircut next time you film me...
Ain’t nobody wanna come out here
OMG! You were here for one of the craziest rains and subsequent floods we’ve had in a while. I’m a musician who was gigging that night, and 4 of my friends’ cars got totaled in that flood while playing. At least you go to see Barkus! So glad you enjoyed our amazing city.
It was an intense welcome to the city!! Such a fun place to see!
Do you live in fear knowing that your city will be the first in the western hemisphere to succumb to climate change's rising sea levels and fear of the next hurricane?
He’s right about the Thanksgiving parade, that’s why native New Yorkers don’t go😂
Lmao I came to comment the same! You were here for the storm that flooded my car 😂
Dang. Hope y’all okay. This is why when I come from Houston I have my go to parking garage on Canal and I leave it there high up and secure lol.
If you stand at Poland avenue just off the french market you can can watch the ships go by the river above your head.
That's a very strange thing to do, yeah haha
Last time I was there, I was trying to remember where that was and couldn’t find anyone who knew. Shoulda called you 🤷♂️
You can also do that at the Fly, a park uptown (roughly) shaped like a butterfly
@@63artemisia63 Because Poland Ave is about a mile from the French Market
New Orleans! It's a different kind of place - part Old South, part Old Europe, part Third World, part cultural mecca, part spiritual mecca, and part tourist trap. If you get bored in New Orleans, have someone check your pulse. You may be dead. Your video was amazing! I've been a student of New Orleans history for 30+ years and I learned things!
Ahaha this is the best way to describe it! I’m definitely using that saying from now on too ‼️
Definitely part West African - before Trans Atlantic Slave Trade. My favorite part.
I'm a 75 year old New Orleans native. I'm so glad that you're video showed up for me today. I love the information... I love the video... I love New Orleans.
Thank you again and again!
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Thank god…. I thought it was just me!😂😂😂😂
I'm a native New Orleanian and my only complaint is that you don't have an entire series about New Orleans. I'd love to see your treatment of Algiers, on the West Bank, where I grew up. And of course bring back all those wonderful brilliant NOLA experts.
I’m also a native, but I’m from Metry, which to pretty much everyone not from here, has zero knowledge of its existence.
I'm from Gretna, LA.
I would love that as well!! 🫶👋
@@ryanburks1314 the difference between the West Bank and ol Metry is that Metry deserves the hate…
I kid, I kid. 😉
Metry @@ryanburks1314
I am a city nerd from Europe and you are pouring gasoline on my nerdiness fire. Thank you!
haha Lets goooo!
You ever watched any vids on the catacombs? The whole legality of land rights extending far into the ground. 😂
You should make the European wing of the channel!
New Orleans has often been called the most European city in the US
@@Adiscretefirmit was once known as “Paris of America”
I love that these videos are getting longer and more in-depth. I could watch this stuff all day.
I am a New Orleanian. This is the best video about our city's history/development I've seen insofar as it explains the current city's layout in its historical context. You did a better job of this than many people who are from here. Good work and thank you! Please come back and visit again soon!
This is an excellent video. My ancestors were among the original French settlers of New Orleans. My fifth great grandfather, Louis Gremillion, was first recorded in New Orleans in 1720. He was born in Courcival, France. This presentation of the history of New Orleans (NOLA) was true to the stories that I've heard and learned all my life. Thank you, Daniel Steiner, for a very well researched and interesting video.
Best description of Robert Moses ever 22:02
yeah. NOT a fan of Robert Moses. What a terrible lasting effect this man had on daily lives. His horrible policies are STILL being implemented to this day in current urban planning as they are such immutable foundations to everything we do. Fighting against these clearly classist, racist and unsustainable perspectives is nearly impossible. Robert Moses is a name almost no one knows and yet every American deals with his terrible ideas everyday
Master builder. We're you not going to have highways after 1930?
He preferred building along industrial areas and waterways. But they said no so, where is the cheapest land?
I like dimension 20 's depiction of him as a lich and his designs as hexes on the community
As a Houstonian I grew up going to New Orleans at least twice a summer because my parents were in love with the city and so am I. Vive La Nouvelle-Orleans ⚜️
As a New Orleans Native, thank you for taking your time with this!!
I know you said there’s too much to fit in this video but it’s almost as if you covered the exact parts of history most people seem to leave out when I watch stuff like this
Mentioning Tremé, the Spanish architect, even where the term Neutral Ground comes from…. This is one of, if not, THE BEST video(s) on our history I’ve seen so far
The only thing that would top it is a deeper dive into the Native history!!
This has to be my favorite channel now
Whoooaa that's so kind! Thank you!
I'm not saying this is the only way to teach history and/ or get people interested in it, but this has to be one of the best. I can tell you put a lot of time into this and you are a gifted communicator. I also appreciate how you give shout outs to the people that helped you along the way, the experts in their own field. Liked and subscribed.
Wow, thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Watched all the map videos today and they’re great! I would love to see a video about Savannah Georgia, not as big of a city as the other ones you’ve done but you’d do it well for sure.
i am NOT one to comment on youtube vids usually BUT i am a huge map nerd and have been to nola more times than i count. the city has always had a special place in my heart and i've always been OBSESSED with how this city has grown from swamp to what is now. the difference between maps of when it was first settled to the grid layout today always blows my mind. probably one of my most enjoyed video on this channel and on youtube yet ! keep doing you
Native New Orleanian (7th Ward) and this was a very entertaining video. It's always cool learning deeper info about the city, no matter how much I thought I knew...Thanks!
I did not think I would watch a full video about the city history of a place I've never been to today... you've earned yourself a subscriber! Would love to see the history of Chicago before and after the great fire some day! (That's my hometown) I feel like this channel is going to blow up and I can officially say I was here at 37k.
As one who grew up in New Orleans East but now lives across Lake Pontchartrain in Slidell, I learned sooo much about the city I still love. Thank you for your research and finding these very knowledgeable people.
First video of yours I've come across. Amazing! Hoping you do a lot of foreign map content, which is my main interest, but as a former one-time resident of NOLA, I had to watch.
I'm loving these videos, the quality is so impressive. Fascinating as a Brit to learn about the history of these American cities - helps that I am similarly obsessed with maps!
This is the most interesting content anywhere at the moment. Your videomaking is incredible.
This channel is quickly becoming one of my favorites on UA-cam! Absolutely love these detailed explanations.
Bienville’s Dilemma is a great read to learn a lot of the backstory of how New Orleans came to be.
Yayyah has a very charming attitude. Would love a guide like that for any place i visit.
“We could do it now though” is crazy but kinda funny how she did it
Claude Treme was my 5th Great grandfather.
not even mentioning the city park just shows how much more there is to say about new orleans
I love going to city park and taking pictures. I always tell people who are visiting here to check out the park it is a hidden treasure.
We enjoyed the museum, outdoor sculptures, amusement park, and paddle boats at City Park. We were entertained all day!
0:08. There's my friend on the left Dr. Ryan Gray, Professor of Anthropology at the University of New Orleans.
Outstanding work. New Orleans is my favorite city and this video was informative, well made, and fun. Cartography is my thing.
I’ve been loving all of these videos, great job on them! I could watch for hours, even more detail and history and depth would be fantastic.
Also screw Robert Moses, I literally gasped when you said his name, like a surprise cameo of a recurring villain in a tv show.
Absolutely amazing video. The way you break down history and the city planning is so fascinating its so cool
love the quality of your production Daniel! Keep up the great work
Born and raised 25 miles from New Orleans, now living near Baton Rouge and I just learned something new! Great video. I’m a history and documentary junkie, so I’ll be checking out more of your content.
these are awesome, please keep it up! I def recommend doing Buffalo, NY!
Have you ever thought of doing 1 on Savannah GA. We have a huge amount of history and a great story.
912 lessgo!😅
Hey! I'm a native, and I learned a thing or two. Thanks so much, dawlin'!
I hope this series continues, because I'm loving the deep dive into the history of cities, with the focus on the roads because, let's face it, that's how the people got there! And bringing in experts to back up your research... that's quality! I feel like this video could easily be an hour long with how much history NOLA has!
I mean… I was on this trip and I still learned more from this video. 10/10
New Orleans is home, and I've been waiting for you to do a video on her for so long. Wonderful job!
I live near New Orleans in Pearl River. This was an amazing video. Well done and thanks for creating and sharing this!!
Loved this video (especially the dog parade) and I am hoping you will do St. Louis next, but I'm not the boss of you. Doesn't matter which city, I'll still watch it
One flavor most notable about this channel is the amazing assortment of interviewees, bringing gobs of information and unique personal flair. Of particular note this episode - the museum guide made me smile each time he appeared, and Yahyah Universe is a national treasure.
Thank you for your work, Daniel. This channel's theme and style continue to bring me joy.
Incredible lens to view the city from! The historical understanding from the local people was incredibly enlightening and makes for yet another banger of a vid!
Best channel on UA-cam rn imho ❤️
Awesome video! As someone from South Louisiana, I didn't know a lot of this about Nola myself! Definitely took me back home, esp. now that I live far away in SoCal! Keep up the good work
My favorite part of New Orleans urbanism is definitely the streetcar system! The streetcars actually have to do with the po' boy as during a 1929 streetcar strike, the Martin brothers served free sandwiches for their former colleagues! The St. Charles Avenue line is the oldest continuously operating streetcar line in the world! Planning for the line began in 1831, and it began operating as the New Orleans and Carrollton Railroad with steam locomotives in 1835 (the Pontchartrain train you mentioned at 19:17 opened first in 1831), but objections to the soot and locomotive noise increased, and transport was switched to cars that were powered by horses. In the late 19th century, desire for a transit mode that was better than horses but without the disruptive effects of locomotives resulted in a number of systems being tried out.
Experimental systems included overhead cable propulsion, including a cable clamp patented by PGT Beauregard in 1869 that was later being adapted for the San Francisco cable cars. While the city's first experiments with electric-powered cars were made in 1884, electric streetcars were not considered sufficiently developed for widespread use until the line was electrified in February 1893! Buses began to be used in New Orleans transit in 1924, and overtime, the majority of streetcar lines were converted to bus or were abandoned outright by the end of WWII, except St Charles Ave! Since then, the city restored streetcars to Canal Street in 2004 and built a new Riverfront line in 1988 and Rampart-St Claude line in 2013.
Agreed! We need to restore our lost trolley systems here in the U.S.! 💚
This was such a fascinating video! (coming from a Louisiana Native). Over the years I have been attempting to solve "The Secret" Written by Byron Preiss and this video has certainly come in handy apposed to me just digging through old archives for maps. We have quiet a bit of New Orleans folks who have been looking for the clay box Bryon hid in NOLA in the 80's for quiet some time now. I didn't know if this was up your alley but I thought Id throw it out there considering it used to be one of the craziest treasure hunts I have ever participated in! Hope you had fun in NOLA!
Amazing content, this channel is bound to blowup keep it pushing.
Great video. Geographer and resident of New Orleans here. Another interesting thing is that the “planned” route of interstate 10 to route along the river-front in the French Q. Included a tunnel under Poydras st and Canal St. The project was so close to happening that they actually built the tunnel! That tunnel is now used as an access from the Harrahs Parking garage to the Harrahs casino (under Poydras street).
Daniel, this channel is so good/inspiring. I learn so much from each of these videos, keep it up.
I would love to see you do Asheville, North Carolina next. Great video by the way.
Wake up babe, new US city maps explained just dropped
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. I went into a deep dive of Kansas City's geography last summer and seeing it done with the rest of the country is so much fun. Thanks Daniel for the work you put into these, they're so well done and engaging. Can't wait for the StL and KC episodes someday!
As a Detroiter, New Orleans and Boston compete as my number two and three favorite American cities. Thanks for sharing.
Born and raised in that city and for as much as I thought I knew; this vid sharpened my awareness of the things I didn't. Great work bruh.
I grew up in New Orleans & only watched this out of curiosity as to how you'd approach the subject. Great Job! Loved how you outlined each area on the map by hand to explain development. It's a good method. I even learned a couple of things. Will get to your other videos soon.
I was stationed at the Naval Support Activity in Algiers in the late 1990's. We would walk down to the Canal Street ferry and hang out in the Quarter.
I still love that city.
As a life long New Orleanean, this has to be one of the best representations of the city. Some of which I wasn't familiar with. Great job with the documentary and shout out to the local experts who helped. Laissez les bons temps rouler
I read Accidental City years ago. Fantastic book. Would love a video version of it. Great stuff Daniel!
My god I saw this channel and just gasped - I'm an obsessive map nerd and recently (November) got to go to New Orleans so spent ages looking at the city grid and the outer area. This is pure crack for me, subbed!
I’m so glad you’re here!!
the production quality of this is insane! criminally underrated
“Underrated”? What do you suggest we do to rate it higher then? (Meaningless comment dude.)
@@chasbodaniels1744 yes you are right, your comment was meaningless.
Well done! Your videos are not only informative but very entertaining. I need to watch it again.
Oh my god, Daniel, this video was everything I needed. I'm writing a series of historical fictions and one of my main characters is from New Orleans, having lived there from the 1860s through the 1870s. I'm in the UK at the moment so researching has been a bit of a struggle so when you mentioned The Accidental City and Lawrence Powell, it felt like a weight was lifted off my shoulders haha
Ahh I’m so glad!
Please do an Explained for Denver! Its grid system is very confusing but has lots of interesting history behind it.
I'd love this also, things like Denver annexing Highland would be really interesting to cover
Born & raised New Orleanian and enjoyed this video. Thank you Daniel. A big thanks to Yayyah, Lawrence, Peter and Winston too!
This dude doesn't miss
Fantastic video, I have been watching since your boston video and your editing has greatly improved. thought I was watching a vox video at first. Keep it up and I am excited for your future videos!
immediate sub for you my friend. this is an amazing video. New Orleans is my hometown and you did the city so much justice by creating this video so well. You make me want to create videos and tell stories like this!!!
no matter if you are born or move to New Orleans it will always be in your heart. 504Ever
Never have I clicked on a video so fast. I’ve been a sub for what feels like a few years now. As a native, I love all things Louisiana history. Wonderful video!
You just found me on the algorithm last week with a great video about Salt Lake City, and now I see you in THE PLACE I CALL HOME! Thanks for being a great teacher, man.
this channel is gold , doing great sir , thanks to your guests who know alot about their cities
Honestly, this channel deserves at least 500k more subs. Sadly this stuff is already covered (very badly) by the likes of Wendover and OBF etc, and it's a shame. Keep at it Daniel! Love what you're doing - the research, the production value, the journalism, everything is 10/10.
Wendover is both good and doesn't do these types of videos
@@averyshaham1697I dunno Wendover inserts too many random jokes to try and keep the audience's attention. It's like he's geared towards appealing to young teenagers
@@scottanos9981everyone has a genre and getting younger people interested in history and the why of the world is what encourages future engineers. Nothing wrong with either. You're just not wendover's audience.
@@Aphrothena1221 Nor Wendover's IQ...it's clear he outsources his work to appeal to the masses.
Just found this account today and so glad I did (thanks UA-cam algorithm). How does this account only have 48k subs?? This is great quality and seriously professional level stuff. Daniel, if you’re reading this, keep it up. Love the content.
Wow thank you so much!
12:52 wow i honestly never thought about above ground/underground burials! My city was colonized by the Portuguese so I guess that's why all of our older cemeteries have elaborated above ground tombs, I just thought it was the norm eveywhere!
When standing at the foot of Canal St, the west bank is to the east and south. But the map that was showing when Mr Ho made that statement doesn’t illustrate that, and made it more confusing.
If you went due west (pretend you’re a bird) from the foot of Canal, you would cross the river 5 times in the first 20 miles before moving away from the river.
You should look into Montreal next, I think you would find it very interesting!
Another great video. Another city for me to add to actually enjoy and visit after I retire my trucking career in June.
This is such deeply good work
Thanks for producing and sharing this program. I grew up in New Orleans, but learned things from this production that I never learned or was taught while living there. Thanks.
Fantastic video! What a fascinating city!
I’m so glad the local experts joined the video! I enjoyed all portions of this & definitely want to visit!
Thanks for joining us at French Quarter Phantoms Tours, We enjoyed your visit see you next time .
I'll be visiting New Orleans next January and have been watching a TON of "Top Things To Do" and history blurbs about the city... and I have to say this was the most straight-to-the-point informative, well thought out, and well produced video I've seen yet. I may be a bit biased, though, since the first thing I do when planning a trip is find/print out a map--and I have a whole folder full of ones for New Orleans already and stopped the video several times to scribble down notes on my own maps.
Thank you so much for your time and expertise!
I love how you explained New Orleans history with maps. I respect your excellent map literacy!
Easily your best video yet, though I have loved all of your other ones, too! Keep up the great work!!
(P.S. would love to see you come to Chicago)
dude I love your content
great video, research, production, guests, etc.!
Fascinating! I am a Mississippian with relatives living near the the old Ursuline Convent for many years. I never knew much of what you told in this video. Many thanks.
I'm a tour guide here. It is so refreshing to see a UA-cam video about our city that is historically accurate (Lawrence Powell! HNOC!!!). 95% or more online about our city is utterly inaccurate - sadly, even from many tour guides. Well done, sir.
Wish Faubourg Marigny got more time and attention, but I'm quite partial to it. Maybe next time!
Creole doesn't mean "of the colony". The term was used to define those born in the colony, but that's not what it means itself. Creole comes from the Portuguese word crioulo, a diminutive of cria meaning a person raised in one's house. Cria in turn is derived from criar, meaning "to raise or bring up", itself derived from the Latin creare which is where the word create comes from! So Creole actually means create! Thus through all these different people coming together in New Orleans, they were creating something new! Besides the Creoles of color, there are also Isleños still around from the Spanish period! Isleños (or islanders) originally came from the Canary Islands in the late 1770s. These Isleños also went to Cuba, Venezuela, and Puerto Rico.
Fun fact, beignets are considered the official donut of the state! Not the only state with a state donut as the Boston cream donut has been MA's state donut since 2003! The Boston cream doughnut was inspired by the Boston cream pie, which was in turn created by Armenian-French chef Mossburg Sanzian at Boston's Parker House Hotel in 1856. Beignets were introduced by Acadians, the ancestors of Cajuns, who were exiled from Acadia by the British and were recruited by the Spanish to come to Louisiana. French beignets are usually round and made with puffy choux pastry, while New Orleans-style beignets are made of heartier yeasted dough in a square shape.
This is such good context! Thank you for sharing! 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Yeah... "creole" means mixture, so "new creation" would be synonymous to that
This is heavily correct and I like how you added extra information. I’m a Louisiana Creole, also known as Kreyol la lwizyan
@@Heyu7her3yea almost every continent has some sort of creole, I was surprised to learn about the Hawaiian creoles but it makes perfect sense with all of the people who have played apart in the islands history.
The Spanish creoles are the reason why the tower of Castile is on the flag
Just came across this video yesterday and tuned into the SLC video today. I was hoping to see a channel full of cities I can learn about, because your content is very engaging and see you’re just getting started. I’m so excited to see everything you have coming up!
Outstanding. Again.
This is amazing content. I love comparing old maps to what is there now.
I know you are NYC-based, so at some point in the future I would love to see you cover the history of development in Westchester county. I love how the county is such a mix of old country retreats and newer suburban infill, with clear town centers that each have their own identity.
Really great story! I was recommended yours and Bright Trips channels at a similar time. Were you in their videos as well? If so I’m glad you’re doing you’re own thing, and if I’m confused I’m sorry! 😂
I made my way over here from Johnny Harris' channel and I'm so glad I did and that you've done all this work! Thank you to everyone who helped, especially the people in NO 💛💜
This is quickly becoming one of my favorite channels. Great video!
this stuff is so cool. two of my favorite things, history and maps
Me too , love maps and the book that has some of the oldest maps
The Bible.
The past present and
Future live and can be understood within Maps .