Spoiler: The Neighborhoods by Night
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French Quarter: The French Quarter, also known as the Vieux Carré ("Old Square") or Vieux Carré Historic District, is the oldest section of the City of New Orleans. Founded in 1718 by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville, New Orleans developed around the Vieux Carré, the city's central square. The French Quarter is notable for its Spanish architecture; tightly packed 2-3 story brightly painted stucco buildings with flat roofs, ironwork laced gallaries and balconies. These simple facades open up into luxurious outdoor, decorated with potted tropical plants and sumptuous furniture. The French Quarter is often overrun at night with tourists looking to abuse the open carry laws, and streets like Bourbon can become annoying tourist traps in the eyes of locals.
-Tumbledown Market: The largest goblin market possibly in the world. Please see the description in the rulebook… I’m allowed to be a little lazy…
-Jackson Square and St. Louis Cathedral: An open plaza surrounds a large grass field. At all hours, artists, magicians, fortune tellers, and the homeless surround the square hoping to separate tourists from their money. The St. Louis Cathedral is the oldest basilica-cathedral in the united states, and is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdioses in the state.
-Cafe Du Monde: A New Orleans institution or tourist trap (up to you). The cafe sells sugar powder coated beignets, and chickory blended cafe aulet (and that’s really it) 24 hours a day. Locals will wait till the middle of the night for a drunk snack, rather than wait in hours long lines, and the local Lost can often be found hanging about to gather up glamour.
-Preservation Hall: The oldest and most well known Jazz hall in The French Quarter. The Hall is an intimate (cramped) wooden theater where the premiere jazz bands of the city can be heard. The Preservation Hall Jazz Band has several members of the Night Revelers in it, and often serves as a meeting place for the Freehold.
-Dutch Alley, Sans Merci Tavern, The Exchange: See pg 293 of the 2E rulebook.
Frabroge Marigny: A small neighborhood north of The French Quarter. Though there are a few FQ style two story buildings, there are far more small cottages tightly packed together, often referred to as Shotgun houses. The neighborhood is best known for Frenchmen street; three blocks known for having the best live music in New Orleans. Locals will come to The Marigny to drink, listen to music and make merry. This neighborhood is home to the largest number of the Night Revelers freehold.
-Frenchmen Street: Three blocks of bars/music halls playing live music. On any given night about a quarter of the performers and patrons on Frenchman Street are Changelings, often mostly of the Night Revelers, and there may be no better location to gather glamour, depending on what it is you are into.
-Washington Square: Local large shaded park. Once a month the Night Revelers will host witching hour parties in the park, charmed so that no pedestrian could observe.
-Halloween Street: A secret street known only to the locals on the North side of the Marigny. 11 out of the 12 months of the year, the houses appear abandoned and delapitated and locals know to avoid this otherwise haunted street. However, in October, the houses start to come to life, becoming one massive trod into the Hedge, the houses all filled with various ancient and powerful Lost, Goblin Queens and Hedge Ghosts can be sought. Many a mortal child has disappeared on Halloween street, and only the bravest or most foolish would brave the street at night.
-Musician’s village: A small neighborhood filled with buildings made by Houses for Humanity where many local musicians were provided affordable housing post-Katrina.
Corporate Business District (The In Between): Often considered a subdistrict of the French Quarter, the CBD (referred to by locals) is a commercial section with big name hotel companies used for hosting conferences and business meetings. The CBD has few ties to the historical parts of the city, and carries little in the ways of Changeling significance. Due to its seemingly glamourless or Fae negative quality, most Changelings avoid the CBD as if it were cursed, and perhaps it is.
-St Charles Circle: An open roundabout that divides the French and Spanish parts of the city, where Rue de St. Charles becomes Saint Charles Avenue. Because of this divide, the circle creates a sudden open space in the city’s otherwise compact structure. The circle is filled with homeless during most hours of the day. A bridge passes over the Southern end of the circle, and in Lost circles there is concern that it is actually guarded and by a Troll who will gobble up unsuspecting fae. Because of this, the Lost often avoid the CBD or “In Between”.
-Lafayette Park: An open grass field where music festivals are held at nearly a weekly basis, regardless of time of year.
Garden District: Originally a number of plantations, the Garden District is famous for being made up of large opulent colonial, greek revival, and victorian style houses, with equally impressive surrounding gardens, boarded by intricately laced wrought iron fences. Streets in the Garden District are shaded by the canopies of giant willows and wysterias. The district houses mostly the richest citizens of New Orleans, and has a much higher percentage of caucasian patrons than any other district. It seems that one in every 4-5 houses is historically important or famous, and many of the properties have plaques outside detailing their significance. Unsurprisingly, the Garden District is home to the Lagniappe Court, the wealthiest and most elitist Freehold in New Orleans. The Garden Distirct remains a tourist attraction during the day, given all the famous and beautiful architecture.
-Lafayette Cemetery 1: Perhaps the most famous and most frequently visited cemetery in New Orleans. Above ground stone graves were created to keep bodies from floating away during floods, and Lafayette Cemetery 1 has some of the most famous and intricately carved tombs. The cemetery is surrounded by stone walls that also house a number of above ground graves, and sits across the street from Commander’s Palace. There rests a single trod in the cemetery, revealed by pulling back the tomb plate of Mr. William Grimm, which rests under the watchful eyes of a sculpted angel clutching a medieval long sword.
-Commander’s Palace: Established in 1893, Commander’s Palace is one of the city’s oldest and most quintessential New Orleans cuisine based restaurants. Though it’s not easy to get a table, a well established Changeling would be able to enjoy a glut of delicious glamour, as well as delicious food. If you make a reservation under the last name “Rumpelstiltskin”, your meal will be prepared with Goblin Fruit. To attend you must have Resources OOO, or an City Status OOO
-Buckner Mansion: Considered by many to be America’s most haunted house. It is the largest Pre-Civil War style home in New Orleans and at one time served as a women’s college.
Treme: The Treme is famous in America for being the neighborhood where Jazz was invented. The district is one of the oldest in New Orleans and originally served as the neighborhood for free people of color. Unsurprisingly, the district remains one of the most important locations for the maintenance of African American and Creole culture in New Orleans. Tourists must be very careful when the travel the streets of the Treme at night, but the locals know that some of the best soul food, live music and cheap drink can be found here. The Treme is shared between the Night Revelers and the Cayoodle Krew
-Oscar’s Speakeasy: Oscar Gallettoire is a member of the Cayoodle Krew who runs one of the largest live music venues in the Treme. The joint may be a rundown sad excuse for a dive, but it also serves as one of the Losts’ most important “safe places” in New Orleans. Oscar brooks no violence or confrontation in his bar and will readily house or help any Changeling in need. But pity to any Lost who abuses Gallettoire’s generosity.
-Louis Armstrong Park: A 32 acre park just outside the French Quarter (across Rampart street). The park contains a major lake, several stages and performances centers, the city’s Botanical Garden, and a number of trods. Changeling lore states that children who stay after dark are at increased risk of being captured by the True Fae, and despite the city’s safety, even the local lost try to avoid the park after sun down.
Midtown: West of the CBD is Midtown. Locals who don’t live in Midtown visit this northwestern part of the city for one of two reasons; a Saints Game (during which time the phrase “Who Dat” can be heard every 3 minutes), or to go to one of the city’s hospitals. Originally, there were three to four major hospitals in this part of New Orleans, but Midtown was particularly devastated by Katrina. Significant property was abandoned, and Midtown has one of the highest rates of homeless and unemployment in the city.
-The stadium: The Mercedez Benz football stadium is home to New Orleans’ pride and joy team, The Saints. Locals bleed Gold, Black and White. On weekends of the football season when the Saints are playing at home, the city’s police actually release warnings for those in the area to be aware of the possibility of a riot.
-The hospital- Charity Hospital. Originally one of the oldes and largest hospitals in America, this monolithic building had to be evacuated during Katrina. The healthiest patients were either helicoptered, or placed on inflatable rafts and sent down river. The largest, least healthy and dependent patients were either left in the building to die or euthanized out of mercy (the real life accuracy of this statement has been called into question, but I personally know doctors who were there… and we’ll just leave it at that). As the floods cleared, gangs moved in to pillage the hospital for medical supplies. Charity Hospital eventually became the grounds of major gang fights, and State Police and federal Swat had to be called in to reclaim the building. The building was never torn down, nor revitalized and local police actually stand watch outside of the building to keep anyone from coming near. Because of this all, local Changeling know this to be the most haunted building in the city, and stay the hell away.
Uptown/Carroltown (outer Wards): Uptown is really a continuation of The Garden District as it follows the river from East to West. Carroltown is the extension of Uptown northward. Uptown houses the majority of the city’s middle class, as well as its major colleges. Carroltown can be a bit rougher of a neighborhood and was one of the areas hit hardest by Katrina. Carroltown houses the largest number of abandoned residential structures in the city, and New Orleans just can’t seem to find the funds or interest to help revitalize this community. Carroltown is home of some of the hardest and hardiest Changelings in New Orleans, and their “can do” and communal spirit is a reminder to all Lost in the city of what it means to be a survivor.
-The Irish Channel: Originally a community for Irish and Italian settlers, the Irish Channel is often called the neighborhood for poor whites in New Orleans. Located on the water, the Irish Channel became a major location for sea and river fareres, as well as local street gangs. This neighborhood miraculously was spared the worst flooding in New Orleans and remained relatively intact. The area is filled mostly with shotgun houses.
-Tipitinas: Tipitina’s is a reference to the famous Professor Longhair song of the same name. It is a music hall that was originally located in The French Quarter. Boasting an impressive lineup of live bands, Tipitina’s is well known for donating 100% of its proceeds (gate and bar) to funding music programs in New Orleans public schools. On weeknights the bar is mostly filled with neighborhood locals, and on the weekends mostly college students. Tipitina’s can be a perfect place to pick up some Glamour depending on your taste.
-Tulane University and Loyola: The campuses of these two colleges sit almost directly on top of each other. The areas around these two schools are filled with mostly out of towners, and the neighborhoods have adapted to fit the tastes of these youths.
Audubon Park: Audobon Park is a 6 mile long 350 acre outdoor park in New Orleans, located directly across from the two colleges. The park has a number of fountains, lakes, athletic facilities, and is considered the best place to bird-spot in the city. Audobon Park also has the highest density of trods of any location in the city, though a number of these trods drop directly into flooded hedge.
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