User:Keilan1k/Conti Street

Conti street is a long street located in New Orleans, Louisiana in the United States of America. It is a street in the middle of New Orleans that stretches from east to west. Although Conti street is near a lot of different things it is not a tourist attraction in the city of New Orleans. It is also right next to the most famous street in New Orleans Bourbon street. On top of that the French Quarters is also near conti street so there is always something to do while in the area. On the other hand conti street runs threw many different neighborhoods in New Orleans due to the fact that it is a very long street.

History of Conti Street
Louise Elizabeth De Bourbon was Louis de Bourbon's daughter with his wife Louise Francoise de Bourbon. She was the princess by marriage when she married Louis Armand de Bourbon, prince of Conti. The princess's name was given to a street in New Orleans, Louisiana. To this day the street name still hasn’t been renamed by the city. Also Conti street was also the first location for the south’s first black newspaper, and America’s first black daily called The New Orleans Tribune.

Conti Street Currently
Currently there are different parts of conti street where the road is so bad that they are having to re-due the streets right now. The city has put 4.3 million dollars into repairing different sections of conti street. Different parts of conti street are blocked off due to the fact that it is being repaired. The city of New Orleans has plans to start digging up the 700 block of Conti street which is located between Bourbon street and Royal street. This plan will involve replacing many different things such as sewers, gas pipes, underground water, and rebuilding the entire block. Also they will be conducting utility roadwork.

Things to do and see while on Conti Street
This street is not as popular as bourbon, and canal street but while driving down it you will run into many different things while on your way to your destination. Things that you will run into on your drive are Domino's pizza, tire shops, dollar tree, Panera bread, Ikura Hibachi, The New Orleans School of Music, New Orleans boxing club, and many other four and five star attractions.

Murals
Throughout the long street that stretches for more than a mile you will see many different murals in and out of the different communities due to the fact that a lot of them hold significant meaning in different neighborhoods throughout the community. Due to the fact that Conti street is long there are many different races that live throughout the community as a whole. It can be pretty diverse in certain sections of the long street. With that being said there is a large mural on Conti street that has many different races all over it that is there to represent how diverse the community can be. This information came from different people that live throughout the community of Conti street.