Bywater Stroll

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Bywater Stroll

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New Orleans, Louisiana audio tour: Bywater Stroll
This is a 1.8mi walking tour
It takes an average of 45 mins to complete.
New Orleans, Louisiana
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About the Tour

Take a walk through the evolving Bywater. Historically a working class neighborhood, it has become a destination for artists and those seeking alternatives to the spectacle of the French Quarter. With its artist-run collectives, new bars and restaurants, and music venues popping up all over the neighborhood, nightlife has begun to migrate here. This walk will wind you through some of its non-commercial, daytime offerings, with an eye toward some of the natural, historical, and overlooked details that give it character. Along the way, your walk will be punctuated with poetry, and you will have some personal time with the Mississippi River that makes the city crescent.

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Nightlife Pop Culture Neighbourhoods

Tour Producer

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Andy Young

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Andy Young's poetry collection Museum of the Soon to Depart is forthcoming with Carnegie Mellon University Press in October, 2024. She works at New Orleans Center for Creative Arts and has lived in New Orleans for most of her adult life. Her writing has been published throughout the United States as well as Lebanon, Egypt, Mexico, and Ireland and has been used in flamenco productions, jewelery designs, classical and electronic music productions, and art exhibits. www.andyoung.org

Preview Location

Location 5

Poem: BYWATER

Now turn right on N Peters Street. Since we will be strolling into the Bywater, I'll share a poem here centered on our neighborhood.

We live in the Bywater,
slow river turning,
deep lowing of barge and tug.
By water the train howls down
and around, hitching
then u... Read More
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Major Landmarks

  • New Orleans Center for Creative Arts

  • Dr. Bob's Art Studio

Getting There

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  1. Start location
    700 Homer Plessy Way, New Orleans, LA 70117, USA
  2. Total distance
    3km
  3. Final location
    2941 Royal St, New Orleans, LA 70117, USA
  4. Distance back to start location
    45.72m

Directions to Starting Point

You will begin your walk right by the railroad tracks which divide the Marigny from the Bywater at the site where Homer Plessy performed his famous act of civil disobedience by boarding a whites-only train. The plaque is at the corner of Royal and Press Streets and is an easy, 15 minute walk from the French Quarter, following Royal Street with the big buildings of the Business District behind you until you see the tracks. You can also take the RTA #5 bus line from Canal and N. Peters.

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Tips

Places to stop along the way

Pizza Delicious, Euclid Records, Piety Street Market, 5 Press Gallery

Best time of day

Early morning in summer before it gets too hot or just before sunset so you can catch the skies along the river before Crescent Park closes.

Precautions

Unless you are here during our quick-lived winter, be prepared to walk slowly through the humid air. Bring a water bottle and sun hat. Be aware of what's around you. Unfortunately, New Orleans is known as much for its crime as for its languid bohemian atmosphere.

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