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St.Ann is a street in New Orleans which is named after a famous Saint who happened to be the grandmother of Jesus Christ. The street is a residential street that intersects with Bourbon St. and is very close to the French Quarter.

Background
After the French claimed Louisiana, a general by the name of Jean Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville was in charge of developing the colony upon finding the city New Orleans in 1718. In 1721 the Royal engineer Adrian de Pauger created the layouts of the streets and names. He decided to name the streets after royal houses and beloved catholic saints, including which was St. Ann.

Significance of Name
St. Ann was the mother of the virgin Mary Who gave birth to Jesus Christ and grandmother of the lord and savior Jesus Christ. In the Bible, you will find the story of Saint Anne. One day, like the Virgin Mary, an angel appeared before St. Ann and promised that she would have a child and then that she would dedicate this child to God. She was overjoyed when she conceived Mary who was said to be born free of sin (which in terms means to be born by immaculate conception). The street was named by Adrien de Pauger who was influenced by french ruling houses and beloved saints. The naming of the street as St. Ann also hints towards the catholic religion dominating the French territory in the US. Whenever the French and Spanish colonized American land in the 1800s, they brought over their catholic religion from Europe. Catholicism became very important in the territory and the dominant religion in Louisiana as in order to be considered faithful subjects to France and Spain in Louisiana territory at that time, the settlers had to be catholic.

Demographics & Geography
The street itself is a residential area where people inhabit the traditional creole style housing up and down the street. The population of the area as of 2020 is about 368,432 people of the average age of 40 (within a 5 mile radius). Due to the pricing of the homes on the street, it would be suggested that St. Ann st. would be considered to be a high end area as the median home value is above $200,000. Most of the home homes in the area where built in the 1950s and hold cultural significance as the French creole style they possess has been maintained since the settling of the street. The streets location is within the city of New Orleans and intersects with Bourbon St. With the street being a residential street, there isn't much business or entertainment places on the street, however Louis Armstrong Park is at the very end of the street at the intersection of St. Ann St. and North Rampart St. The street runs about 2.5 miles and as said intersects with Bourbon St. and North Rampart St.