Poydras Market

Poydras Market was built in 1837 through a land relinquished by Carrollton Railroad Company in order to sell goods transported by the rail system.

On 6 February 1897, twelve of these families submitted a petition to the Public Order Committee to oppose the annexation of Poydras and Lafayette streets into the New Orleans city limits.

They argued that the streets were the primary "avenues to the Poydras Market by which all the families residing back of town walk to make their daily market and other purchases.

"[1][2][3] Long argues that they really wanted to keep the market and their neighborhoods segregated from the less respectable denizens of New Orleans proper.

[4] The former Poydras Market area is now part of the New Orleans Central Business District.