Famous Brothel Back In Business In The French Quarter

[DallasRain]

http://www.abc26.com/news/newswithat...,4061050.story

[AdventureAdams]

OMG OMG OMG I read the autobiography about the life Norma Wallace be the last and possibly best Madam in New Orleans What I life she lived!

I would love to get a chance to see the inside I can only imagine how decadent it was in back them.

[DallasRain]

I ould have loved to on a brothel then!

[lisa.lisa0302]

Interesting.

[ashwednesday666]

Me to Dallas.

[stavinChain]

A few years ago EpiphanyXTC tried to tell me that was the House of the Rising Sun.

[Discreet referrals]

Cute

[DallasRain]

Historians have not been able to definitively identify The House Of The Rising Sun, but here are the two most popular theories:

1) The song is about a brothel in New Orleans. "The House Of The Rising Sun" was named after Madame Marianne LeSoleil Levant (which means "Rising Sun" in French) and was open for business from 1862 (occupation by Union troops) until 1874, when it was closed due to complaints by neighbors. It was located at 826-830 St. Louis St.

It's about a women's prison in New Orleans called the Orleans Parish women's prison, which had an entrance gate adorned with rising sun artwork. This would explain the "ball and chain" lyrics in the song.

http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=439

[tonytiger4u]

While on vacation in Colorado in 2010, I was able to go visit a famous brothel in Cripple Creek. It was a busy place during the gold rush days of the 1850's. All the rooms were still furnished with things from the era. The guide had great info about how the working girls were only allowed to shop in town on Mon mornings. Etc. They had several brothels at the time. From HDH $10, to the one-legged ones for $0.25. No different than today. It was really cool.

[annie@christophers]

It was FRENCHY..and I refer to him as FAGGON lol and his pack of theifs..YES I worked there also.. He was the original MADAME lol..xxoo annie GREAT THREAD Miss that old dude!! What I am talking about is the song not the old address.. That adress is like a million years old.. but that song I have been knowing for years is about FRENCHY .. could be wrong..I think not.. ANYONE REMEMBER HIM?? xxoo annie

[DallasRain]

I love New orleans history and culture

thats why I moved here!!! lol

[stavinChain]

Originally Posted by annie@christophers

It was FRENCHY..and I refer to him as FAGGON lol and his pack of theifs..YES I worked there also.. He was the original MADAME lol..xxoo annie GREAT THREAD Miss that old dude!! What I am talking about is the song not the old address.. That adress is like a million years old.. but that song I have been knowing for years is about FRENCHY .. could be wrong..I think not.. ANYONE REMEMBER HIM?? xxoo annie

I've heard his name come up over the years. Frenchy, that is. Can you tell us a little about him? I hear he was quite the mover and shaker.

[midrider]

There is a book out about him, called Mr New Orleans, paints him in a bit more favorable light than is probably true, but is entertaining anyway

[DallasRain]

wow I gotta get that book!

Thanks Annie for the info

[ilovedatass]

Originally Posted by annie@christophers

It was FRENCHY..and I refer to him as FAGGON lol and his pack of theifs..YES I worked there also.. He was the original MADAME lol..xxoo annie GREAT THREAD Miss that old dude!! What I am talking about is the song not the old address.. That adress is like a million years old.. but that song I have been knowing for years is about FRENCHY .. could be wrong..I think not.. ANYONE REMEMBER HIM?? xxoo annie

I worked offshore about 9 years ago with an old cook with white hair and a mustache who told me he ran Frenchy's years before that. His wife was in mexico , so he would work a few months then go back and see her.