Sardonically nicknamed Storyville after the sponsor of the ordinance, the legal red-light district cinched New Orleans’ reputation for hedonism until its closure in 1917 by order of the U.S. Navy.

The city is steeped with historical truths, myths, and folklore, and locations like Congo Square, Bourbon Street, the Storyville red ... past several decades, New Orleans has been chosen as ...

New Orleans' Storyville, a notorious Red Light district, is home to the brothels and bars that provide the only venues for jazz, since African American performers are banned from performing at ...

Arceneaux returns to her hometown to discuss her book, “Guidebooks to Sin: The Blue Books of Storyville, New Orleans,” to kick off the Summer Reading Program at the Thomas County Public ...

In 1917, in the red light district Storyville, New Orleans, the prostitute Hattie lives with her twelve year-old daughter Violet in the fancy brothel of Madame Nell, where she works. Photographer ...

(Brett Duke/The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate via AP, File) FILE - The Krewe of Hermes parade makes its way along the Uptown route with the theme "The Storyville Chronicles" in New ...

The Krewe of Hermes celebrated its 85th annual ball last evening at the Hyatt Regency New Orleans. This Carnival season, the krewe celebrates St. Jeanne d’Arc as a symbol of freedom ...