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1930s
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A plan for the complete rebuilding of twenty-three public markets within two and one-half years at
an estimated cost of $3,000,000 with a long recognized necessity from the standards of cleanliness and sanitation were
some of the accomplishments carried to a successful conclusion in the early days of the administration of Mayor T. Semmes
Walmsley. 1931 markets under jurisdiciton of the Division of Public Markets
(a division of the Department of Public Property). August 23,
1932, the French Market Corporation -- assigned of operation of the Market. 1936 Gervais Favrot and Co. rehabilitate existing buildings, demolish the remains of the Bazaar Market to build new Fruit and Vegetable Market on its site, demolish the
remaining Red Store buildings, build new wholesale fish market shed along the levee near the Meat Market. annd consilidated
the wholesale fruit and vegetable businesses. Demolished existing
buildings on the river side of Gallatin St. (now French Market Place) and the constructed steel sheds known as the Farmers'
Market. Magazine Market Ninth Street Market March 30, 1930 The article accompanying this image gave brief
histories of New Orleans' city markets, including the Ninth Street Market shown here. The article was occasioned by a proposed
change in the way the city's markets were managed. St. Bernard Market
Magazine, 1901 1931 Authorizing
and directing introduction of ordinances for the sale of all abandoned public market sites, dedicating proceeds to public
improvement fund, and appropriating $22,500 for the rehabilitation of public markets. Magazine, 5500 Melpomene & S. Rampart, Suburban Market Carrollton, North, 200 Zengel
Market Magazine, 3138 1932 This is the
Revised Market Ordinance regulating the construction, remodeling etc., of Private Markets, and regulating the sales in public
and quasi-public markets. French Market Magazine, 4303 Keller
Market Mid-City Market St. Claude, 2381 Doullut Market Decatur,
plan Markets French Market French Market French Market French Market 1935 Providing for the opeeration and maintenance of public markets
by the Department of Public Property, and repealing that portion of Section 5 of Ord. 14116 CCS in conflict herewith Decatur, 1000 Markets French Market French Market
1936 Prohibiting the sale of fruits
and vegetables within 600 feet of any public market. 14575 CCS 1937
Providing rules and regulations governing the operation of the new
Farmers' Market at French Market. 1937 Providing rules and regulations
governing the wholesale and retail fish market and Fishermens' Platform at French Market Place. Photo http://nutrias.org/monthly/apr99/apr998.htm The WPA repaired North Peters Street in the rear of the French Market, facilitating the
handling of freight into the market stalls. This photograph was taken on January 5, 1937. The Morning Call coffee stand ("New
Orleans Most Famous Coffee Drinking Place") is shown at the left of the photograph. At the right is the WPA-built wholesale
seafood shed (since demolished). The taller structure at the end of the market complex is the United States Mint which, in
1937, was being used as a federal prison. 1935, there were 19 public markets in New Orleans
including St. Roch photo http://nutrias.org/~nopl/exhibits/ccmem/1.htm The interior of the St. Roch Market, 2381 St. Claude, before improvements made by the WPA
in 1937., That year, the city considered closing the deteriorating building, but a petition by residents of the neighborhood
argued that the market was "an absolute necessity." Instead, the city secured the help of the WPA to renovate the
St. Roch Market and five other public markets. WPA workers replaced open stalls with refrigerated units, added protective
glass to shield fish and fresh meat, installed new plumbing and concrete floors, and separated the fish and vegetable markets.
Ten years later, however, the St. Roch Market was declassified as a public market and leased to a private owner. The market
survives to this day on the St. Roch Avenue neutral ground at St. Claude. [Louisiana Photograph Collection. WPA Collection}
1938 The French Market complex is rebuilt with the assistance of the PWA (Public Works Administration). 1939 the city government took over the French Market Corporation Magazine Market Ninth Street Market March 30, 1930 The
article accompanying this image gave brief histories of New Orleans' city markets, including the Ninth Street Market shown
here. The article was occasioned by a proposed change in the way the city's markets were managed. St. Bernard Market Magazine, 1901 1931 Authorizing
and directing introduction of ordinances for the sale of all abandoned public market sites, dedicating proceeds to public
improvement fund, and appropriating $22,500 for the rehabilitation of public markets. Magazine, 5500 Melpomene & S. Rampart, Suburban Market Carrollton, North, 200 Zengel
Market Magazine, 3138 1932
This is the Revised Market Ordinance regulating the construction,
remodeling etc., of Private Markets, and regulating the sales in public and quasi-public markets. French
Market Magazine, 4303 Keller Market Mid-City Market St. Claude, 2381 Doullut Market Decatur, plan Markets French Market French
Market French Market French Market 1935 Providing for the
opeeration and maintenance of public markets by the Department of Public Property, and repealing that portion of Section 5
of Ord. 14116 CCS in conflict herewith Decatur, 1000 French Market
1936
Prohibiting the sale of fruits and vegetables within 600 feet of any public market. 1937
Providing rules and regulations governing the wholesale and retail
fish market and Fishermens' Platform at French Market Place. Photo http://nutrias.org/monthly/apr99/apr998.htm The WPA repaired
North Peters Street in the rear of the French Market, facilitating the handling of freight into the market stalls. This photograph
was taken on January 5, 1937. The Morning Call coffee stand ("New Orleans Most Famous Coffee Drinking Place") is
shown at the left of the photograph. At the right is the WPA-built wholesale seafood shed (since demolished). The taller structure
at the end of the market complex is the United States Mint which, in 1937, was being used as a federal prison. 1935,
there were 19 public markets in New Orleans including St. Roch photo http://nutrias.org/~nopl/exhibits/ccmem/1.htm The interior of the St. Roch Market, 2381 St. Claude, before improvements made by the WPA in 1937.,
That year, the city considered closing the deteriorating building, but a petition by residents of the neighborhood argued
that the market was "an absolute necessity." Instead, the city secured the help of the WPA to renovate the St. Roch
Market and five other public markets. WPA workers replaced open stalls with refrigerated units, added protective glass to
shield fish and fresh meat, installed new plumbing and concrete floors, and separated the fish and vegetable markets. Ten
years later, however, the St. Roch Market was declassified as a public market and leased to a private owner. The market survives
to this day on the St. Roch Avenue neutral ground at St. Claude. [Louisiana Photograph Collection. WPA Collection}
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