New Orleans: The Canal Streetcar Line (LA) (Images of America)
Item Description
The clanging of a streetcar's bell conjures images of a time when street railways were a normal part of life in the city. Historic Canal Street represents the common ground between old and new with buses driving alongside steel rails and electric wires that once guided streetcars.
New Orleans was one of the first cities to embrace street railways, and the city's love affair with streetcars has never ceased. New Orleans: The Canal Streetcar Line showcases photographs, diagrams, and maps that detail the rail line from its origin and golden years, its decline and disappearance for almost 40 years, and its return to operation. From the French Quarter to the cemeteries, the Canal Line ran through the heart of the city and linked the Creole Faubourgs with the new neighborhoods that stretched to Lake Pontchartrain.
Product Details
- Author: Edward J. Branley
- Publication Date: 2004-03-24
- Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
- Product Group: Book
- Manufacturer: Arcadia Publishing
- Binding: Paperback, 128 pages
- Package Dimensions:
- Dimensions: 890L x 610W x 50H
- Weight: 65
- List Price: $19.99
- ISBN: 0738516058
- ASIN: 0738516058
Customer Reviews
Average Amazon User Rating:
Wonderful book
2008-04-15
Reviewer: Ryan Waldron
Yet another book that makes me long for the New Orleans of old. The Author fills in those lingering questions I've always had about the Canal Streetcar, amongst wonderful pictures.
What a lot of photos!
2004-07-07
Reviewer: Frank Beckendorf
Edward Branley's title is fascinating. It's a look at one of the oldest institutions here in the New Orleans area. Branley does the subject justice. Readers, this title is unique in that it has an overabundance of photographs. From 1861 to 2003. I say - wow to that!
The book is 128 pages packed with photos. There are pictures of all kinds of streetcars, buses and other things. There are scenes from New Orleans that only a native, or visitor, could appreciate.
I can't get over the pictures. So many favorites. So many memories. So many dreams....
Canal Street will never be the same. And, plus, the street cars are back. Bravo, Mr. Branley...
Streetcars are New New Orleans
2004-05-11
Reviewer: Randy G. Smith
I'm fairly new to New Orleans, but have enjoyed the streetcars since my first visit 20 years ago. Not only is this an interesting history of streetcars, but of downtown New Orleans. Although I wasn't here to witness all the changes in the last 100 years, it is enjoyable to ride the newly opened Canal Streetcar line while looking through the pictures of different eras covered in the book. Mr. Branley makes history come alive!
Excellent and interesting history
2004-04-12
Reviewer: christy m. howley
This is an excellent pictorial and written history of the Canal Streetcar line and New Orleans also. I loved reading it, it's a quick read, and easy to understand and since I am a native New Orleanian, some of the pictures from days past were fascinating since Canal Street doesn't really look like it did 50 years ago. My father is 71 years old and a real history buff and LOVED it and gives it very high marks also!
