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Tchoupitoulas St named by an eminent Creole architect named Barthelemy Lafon. Lafon was responsible for the comprehensive details for what is know now as the "Lower Garden District." Tchoupitoulas is one of the longest streets, located in the heart of "uptown" in New Orleans, Louisiana, which showcases much of the city life. It is a relatively a semi-curvy street, adjacent to the Mississippi River, that breaks off into three different streets such as Jackson Ave, Louisiana Ave, and Napoleon Ave. Tchoupitoulas is a predominately poverty-stricken street and has a heavy population of African Americans. Historically, Tchoupitoulas Street was known for shipping goods by way of the Mississippi River however, today Tchoupitoulas Street is known for residential and commercial use.

Name
The name Tchoupitoulas is culturally significant because of it being derived from Native American culture. There are many origins of how Tchoupitoulas ( CHOP-a-too-lus) Street was named, due to no documentation of the process. One source explains Tchoupitoulas may have been derived from an extinct Native American Tribe that means "mudfish people" or "fish-hole road". A second source explains that the street name might have also been derived by an anecdote about Native Americans "Chopic ques tous la", meaning "The mudfish [chopics] are all here". In short, Tchoupitoulas was inspired by Native culture that was encountered by Europeans who took over and pushed the Native tribes out of New Orleans. Pictured on the right is the 1970's musical group "Wild Tchoupitoulas" that showcased the Choctaw heritage and paid homage to the street name Tchoupitoulas which was home to Native Americans.

Entertainment
Historically, Tchoupitoulas St was a prominent street for shipping and a marketplace for goods shipped up and down the Mississippi River, but since then Tchoupitoulas has evolved for mainly commercial and residential use only. Since Tchoupitoulas St is located in the heart of uptown you can expect to see many restaurants, stores, nightclubs, tourist sights, and hotels which all cater to locals and tourist. Notable places located on Tchoupitoulas include Emeril's and Mother's restaurant, and the Ambassador hotel. Emeril's restaurant is noteworthy because the creator of this restaurant is Emeril Lagasse, an American celebrity chef who has won many national awards for his recipes. Mother's restaurant is not ran by a famous celebrity chef but, the popularity around the restaurant and the food is all the same. These two restaurants contribute to the dining scene in New Orleans tremendously.

Demographics
Tchoupitoulas St has an overwhelming population of young African Americans and people with African or Sub-Saharan African ancestry from ages 18-49. This residential street has an income lower than 98.8% of all U.S. neighborhoods and the childhood poverty rate is 82% higher than all U.S neighborhoods or streets. 24.9% of the population makes under 100,000 as their average income as of 2015-2019. Although this area is lacking in resources and funding, the people of Tchoupitoulas make up for this by the culture they put back into their community and New Orleans as a whole.

Real Estate
Tchoupitoulas street is known for its residential use being that so many communities reside there. Tchoupitoulas St is zoned in district HU-RD2, "Historic Urban Two Family Residential District." The housing on Tchoupitoulas consist of single and two family-homes that are one or two stories high, which can be described as townhouses and large single family homes. There are 1,576 total housing units as of 2015-2019. This zoning was put in place to provided affordable housing in districts such as Tchoupitoulas that will allow the development of these smaller units and large single family homes.