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That Heathen Crowd at the Green Shutter

7/30/2019

Boho Back Pages - August 2019

The Green Shutter, "For the Freedom of France" magazine clipping. The Historic New Orleans Collection, Bequest of Mettha Westfeldt Eshleman, 2001-52-L.17

In the Roaring 20s, feisty Uptown socialite Martha Westfeldt opens a French Quarter bookstore that becomes Bohemia Central.

- by Michael Warner

Looking for Peace in New Orleans

7/26/2019

Around the Block - August 2019

One of the first Flea Market and Jazz Fest vendors, Cruz Sanchez still works in the Decatur Street store he founded fifty years ago - an island of calm in the midst of the French Quarter's whirl.

- story by Kirsten Reneau
photos by Kirsten Reneau and Ellis Anderson and courtesy of Cruz Sanchez

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