![]() ![]() ![]() Visitors and residents could purchase a directory (the Blue Book) that listed alphabetically the names, addresses, and races of more than 700 prostitutes, ranging from those in the "palaces" to the poorer inhabitants of wretched, decaying shacks (called "cribs") on the blocks behind Basin Street. Quickly nicknamed Storyville, the district boasted fancy "sporting palaces" with elaborate decor, musical entertainment, and a wide variety of ladies of pleasure. ![]() ![]() Basin Street was the scarlet thread through New Orleans, the principal artery of the red-light district, for almost a half-century.Īll illegal (but highly profitable) activities were moved into a restricted district along Basin Street, next door to the French Quarter.
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