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The Lower Garden District offers visitors a diverse sampling of the ethnic, historical, and economic dynamics at work in the area through the last two centuries. First Street to St. Charles Avenue Leaving the church of St. Mary’s Assumption, turn right on Josephine Street and proceed for one block. Turn left on Magazine Street and proceed for three blocks past more boutiques. Turn right on 1st Street, one of the introductory streets in the Garden District proper. On the left, at No. 1134, is the privately-owned Payne-Strachan House, where Jefferson Davis, president of the American Confederacy, passed from physical life in 1889. One block up at No. 1239, is the Brevard-Wisdom-Rice House, the private home antecedently owned by novelist Anne Rice and employed as a setting for her book The Witching Hour. Continue walking three blocks to St. Charles Avenue and turn right. This boulevard is the main route for Mardi Gras parades and, if you look up, the remnants of colorful beads thrown from the floats may many times be seen tangled in the subsections of the oaks along the street. One block down, at No. 2220 St. Charles Avenue, is the House of Broel, an antebellum mansion that is open to the public for tours. A further two blocks down St. Charles Avenue you’ll find the striking metal structure known locally as the Eiffel Tower building. It was built from pieces of the Paris landmark that were got rid of for the duration of it is 1980 renovation and shipped here. Originally a restaurant, it is now the banquet facility for the famed New Orleans Culinary Institute. On the next block is the visitors’ center of the New Orleans Metropolitan Convention and Visitors’ Bureau, which is a good place to pick up maps, and info on tours, restaurants, and attractions throughout the city. Outside, at the corner of St. Andrew Street, is a streetcar stop for the return trip downtown and the walk’s end. Tips For Walkers Starting point: The streetcar stop at the corner of St. Charles Avenue and Melpomene Street. Length: 1.75 miles (2.8 km) Getting there: By streetcar to the Melpomene Street stop; or a cab ride from Canal Street. Stopping-off points: Rue de la Course Coffeehouse at Magazine and Race streets is a standard spot. Further down Magazine, Sophie’s Ice Cream Parlor has the ambience of an old-fashioned soda fountain, while Juan’s Flying Burrito serves Tex-Mex fare with rock and roll flair. On St. Charles Avenue, near Jackson Avenue, Igor’s Lounge and Game Room has huge burgers.
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