French Quarter Journal 7/5/25 French Quarter Journal 7/5/25

Quarter Rats

A writer with deep generational ties to the French Quarter takes readers back in time, then guides them through a century of change.

– by James Nolan

Doug Brantley 9/25/24 Doug Brantley 9/25/24

Quarter Kaleidoscope: A Neighborhood History Project

This new interactive oral history program mines the French Quarter’s past in an effort to sustain its future.

– by Doug Brantley

Frank Perez 5/8/20 Frank Perez 5/8/20

Day in the Life of the COVID Quarter - Part 6

Leaving the French Quarter for the first time since the COVID shutdown, the writer's destination of choice? The family tomb in Galliano.

- by Frank Perez

Frank Perez 4/23/20 Frank Perez 4/23/20

Day in the Life of the COVID Quarter - Part 5

Fifth in the series of diary entries by writer/historian Frank Perez, this day finds him in his French Quarter home, dreaming of Paris.

- by Frank Perez

Frank Perez 4/14/20 Frank Perez 4/14/20

Day in the Life of the COVID Quarter - Part 4

Fourth in the series of daily diary entries by French Quarter writer/historian Frank Perez, this piece covers unfortunate hair-cuts, making groceries, and graffiti scrubbing.

- by Frank Perez

Frank Perez 4/4/20 Frank Perez 4/4/20

Day in the Life of the COVID Quarter - Part 3

Third in the series of daily diary entries by French Quarter writer/historian Frank Perez, this piece considers the comforts of the ordinary.

- by Frank Perez

Frank Perez 3/28/20 Frank Perez 3/28/20

A Day in the Life of the COVID Quarter - Part 2

Second in the series of daily diary entries by French Quarter writer/historian Frank Perez. "To be one flash of color in the kaleidoscope that is the Quarter lends perspective."

- by Frank Perez