Main Menu |
Most Favorited Images |
Recently Uploaded Images |
Most Liked Images |
Top Reviewers |
cockalatte |
645 |
MoneyManMatt |
490 |
Still Looking |
399 |
samcruz |
399 |
Jon Bon |
389 |
Harley Diablo |
375 |
honest_abe |
362 |
DFW_Ladies_Man |
313 |
Chung Tran |
288 |
lupegarland |
287 |
nicemusic |
285 |
You&Me |
281 |
Starscream66 |
273 |
George Spelvin |
261 |
sharkman29 |
255 |
|
Top Posters |
DallasRain | 70677 | biomed1 | 62355 | Yssup Rider | 60206 | gman44 | 53216 | LexusLover | 51038 | offshoredrilling | 48387 | WTF | 48267 | pyramider | 46370 | bambino | 41248 | CryptKicker | 37178 | Mokoa | 36491 | Chung Tran | 36100 | Still Looking | 35944 | The_Waco_Kid | 35624 | Mojojo | 33117 |
|
|
01-17-2018, 11:32 AM
|
#1
|
Female
User ID: 863
Join Date: Apr 20, 2009
Location: DFW
Posts: 16,341
My ECCIE Reviews
|
Storyville, New Orleans
I've read a few articles about Storyville and just find the whole area, and time, to be so interesting.
The photos of E.J. Bellocq just speaks to me.
Do any of your NOLA folks have any inside scoop on this historical area that promoted ... well, what we do?
Have any of you read about Storyville or the few books out there about it?
Hugs,
Elisabeth
|
|
Quote
![Like](/images/like.png) | 2 users liked this post
|
01-17-2018, 11:37 AM
|
#2
|
Account Disabled
User ID: 68788
Join Date: Feb 5, 2011
Location: 404-490-1680 * New Orleans, LA
Posts: 9,812
My ECCIE Reviews
|
|
|
Quote
![Like](/images/like.png) | 3 users liked this post
|
01-17-2018, 11:40 AM
|
#3
|
Account Disabled
User ID: 89913
Join Date: Jul 6, 2011
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Posts: 6,576
My ECCIE Reviews
|
Seeking ~P that was a very good and interesting thread.
M.M.
|
|
Quote
![Like](/images/like.png) | 1 user liked this post
|
01-17-2018, 08:11 PM
|
#4
|
BANNED
Join Date: Apr 5, 2015
Location: new orleans
Posts: 192
|
Storyville was very interesting. New Orleans had always been known for frivolity, drinking and pleasures of the flesh. At the onset of prohibition, these brothels continued to be places for gentleman to seek extra fun with ladies other than their spouses, but also locations where people could partake in alcohol, which, of course, was also illegal. After many attempts by local law enforcement to crack down on these brothels and the speakeasies which surrounded them, it quickly became apparent that there was no shutting down the red light district in New Orleans. This was for numbers of reasons, among these reasons were that as soon as a brothel was closed, the madames would quickly reopen under a new name, and mostly because the most powerful politicians in the city were the biggest customers, police included, and often the brothels and speakeasies were tipped off prior to raids. After realizing there would be no shutting down the district, councilman Sydney Story proposed that these businesses be legal, but only in an area pre-determined by the city. (I believe this area was bounded by Rampart to Chartres, and Esplanade to Canal.) This was eventually voted on and approved, and because he proposed the law, the redlight district became known as "Storyville." Sidney Story HATED that this area was named after him, but that was what it was. Storyville is also notable because it became the birthplace of jazz since most brothels provided musical entertainment in the parlors where gentleman would wait, lounge, and enjoy drinks. Furthermore, Storyville brothels offered ladies of all races, shapes, sizes, and backgrounds. There were also Madames of differing races, shapes, sizes, and backgrounds, with a few of the most powerful madames in the district being African-American women. Furthermore, clientele was also very diverse, often consisting of all races, and it was not uncommon for clientele to be from working class men up to the most powerful politicians and business men in the city. There were also pamphlets released quarterly in newspaper format that advertised the madames, described the opulence of the brothels, and advertised the ladies/paramours and their strengths and talents. These sometimes included photos (as P has posted). I'm a big New Orleans history buff, and i have always been fascinated with Storyville. Hope this info helps
|
|
Quote
![Like](/images/like.png) | 1 user liked this post
|
01-17-2018, 08:12 PM
|
#5
|
HELL's bell ringer!!
User ID: 3067
Join Date: Dec 27, 2009
Location: Based in Missouri AND coming to play in your town soon!!!
Posts: 70,677
My ECCIE Reviews
|
Very sexy sensual and interesting
|
|
Quote
![Like](/images/like.png) | 1 user liked this post
|
01-18-2018, 02:41 PM
|
#6
|
Upgraded Female Account
User ID: 229215
Join Date: Feb 1, 2014
Location: new orleans
Posts: 492
My ECCIE Reviews
|
http://www.storyvilledistrictnola.com/ this one of the best treatments of this section of town. Jazz was allegedly born here as well, on the pianos in these large mansion brothels. "Big easy" was a nickname that the musicians gave this city because it was easy to find a gig here.
"Placage" is another interesting part of prostitution in the city. When the Yankees won the war they refused to do business with the black population (and ended other institutions), including the free black businesses that had been thriving for generations. Many of these former privileged women and economically secure, if not wealthy women, ended up in brothels. Therefore there was a time when black women made more money than any other type of prostitute in NOLA, when the institution of placage ended and the businesses the women owned were shunned. The pamphlets at the time (their version of eccie I suppose) would list the women's attributes, and these women were the belle of the ball.
|
|
Quote
![Like](/images/like.png) | 1 user liked this post
|
01-18-2018, 05:40 PM
|
#7
|
Valued Poster
Join Date: Oct 15, 2010
Location: Louisiana
Posts: 2,364
|
Storyville was actually the closest you could get to what America was supposed to be at that time. Black and white people gathered, partied, and of course prostitution and gambling were there. Interracial marriages even took place in that area. It was shut down under the guise of keeping the nearby troops stationed there moral. The real reason is that the federal government didn't like the race mixing. It didn't OPENLY go on anywhere else at that time. Only in NOLA.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Storyville,_New_Orleans
|
|
Quote
![Like](/images/like.png) | 1 user liked this post
|
01-18-2018, 06:08 PM
|
#8
|
Upgraded Female Account
User ID: 229215
Join Date: Feb 1, 2014
Location: new orleans
Posts: 492
My ECCIE Reviews
|
They didn't like it because Yankees are hypocrites. They destroyed legitimate black businesses too, even from people that had always been free. There were people from around the world, not just Africa. Family businesses generations old.
|
|
Quote
![Like](/images/like.png) | 2 users liked this post
|
01-19-2018, 04:53 PM
|
#9
|
Gaining Momentum
Join Date: May 15, 2017
Location: Lake Charles
Posts: 67
|
Brothels in Storyville made more money on booze than women.
|
|
Quote
![Like](/images/like.png) | 2 users liked this post
|
06-03-2023, 07:47 PM
|
#10
|
Gaining Momentum
Join Date: Feb 3, 2010
Location: LA
Posts: 52
|
|
|
Quote
![Like](/images/like.png) | 1 user liked this post
|
06-10-2023, 11:46 AM
|
#11
|
Gaining Momentum
Join Date: Nov 13, 2010
Location: Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Posts: 48
|
If you've a mind, read EMPIRE OF SIN by Gary Krist. It goes into how New Orleans went from a fairly mixed race town in the mid 1800s to how Jim Crow segregation was instituted in NOLA - and why it was pretty violently, but futilely, resisted. It directly links how Storyville got its start, how it ran, and why it was abolished. Fascinating book and a great intro to how NOLA was sooooooo different than any other southern city.
|
|
Quote
![Like](/images/like.png) | 2 users liked this post
|
|
AMPReviews.net |
Find Ladies |
Hot Women |
|