CSPAN3 Lectures July 3, 2024
Orleans, 1895. Shes beautiful in shape up here on the screen. Bustling city. Its a city on the make. Nearly two decades since the end of reconstruction, a decade after the worlds fair came to town, which was a financial disaster, as we discussed. But it nevertheless introduced new orleans. Its architect, to its literature, its food, and, of course, mardi gras to a new tourist economy. The 1890s, the dawn of the socalled progressive era, a time of urban progress. When the Public Transportation network of streetcars became electrified, when the citys new sewerage and water board began constructi...