Basin Street or Rue Bassin in French, is a street in New Orleans , Louisiana . It parallels Rampart Street one block lakeside, or inland, from the boundary of the French Quarter , running from Canal Street down 5 blocks past Saint Louis Cemetery . It currently then turns lakewards, flowing into Orleans Avenue.
7-678: The name comes from the turning basin of the Carondelet Canal formerly located on the street, where it now turns on to Orleans by the Municipal Auditorium. In the late 19th century and early 20th century railroad tracks paralleled the Canal and then turned on to Basin Street, running up the "neutral ground" (as street medians are called locally) to one of the city's main railroad depots on Canal Street. At one time one of
14-635: A metal sign commemorating Storyville. Basin Street was commemorated in the song " Basin Street Blues " published by Spencer Williams in 1926. There have been many recordings of this jazz standard including: Basin Street is also mentioned in the song “Christmas in New Orleans” by Louis Armstrong. 29°57′25.13″N 90°04′20.56″W / 29.9569806°N 90.0723778°W / 29.9569806; -90.0723778 Turning basin A turning basin , winding basin or swinging basin
21-440: Is a wider body of water, either located at the end of a ship canal or in a port to allow cargo ships to turn and reverse their direction of travel, or to enable long narrow barges in a canal to turn a sharp corner. For a complete 180-degree turnaround, the width of the basin must be more than the length of the longest vessel normally traversing the waterway . Onboard bow thrusters or tugboats may assist in manoeuvering
28-637: The Iberville Projects . Basin Street formerly continued on the other side of Canal Street to Common Street, today known as Elk Place, which after two blocks becomes Loyola Avenue on the upper side of Common Street. The equivalent street paralleling Rampart one block back on the other side of Louis Armstrong Park in the Treme neighborhood is Saint Claude. There is a series of monuments on the neutral ground of Basin Street, including statues of Simón Bolívar , Benito Juárez , and Francisco Morazán , and
35-478: The finest residential streets in the city, it became a red light district around 1870. From 1897 through World War I , the back side of Basin Street was the front of the Storyville red light district, with a line of high end saloons and mansions devoted to music . After Storyville's closure, Basin Street was temporarily renamed North Saratoga . The majority of Storyville was demolished and replaced with
42-451: The ship's length; in China, twice the ship's length is used. For seagoing vessels, PIANC guideline 121 recommends a diameter of 2 times the ship's length if tug assistance is present. Without tugboats, three times the ship's length is recommended. The Spanish guidelines for turning basins for seagoing vessels provide very specific dimensions for different types of manoeuvres that may occur at
49-406: The ship. In seaports the turning basins is often not a real physical basin, but a designated area in the harbour basin where turning is possible and mooring is prohibited. In the example from Gdynia the plan is to enlarge the existing turning basin by removing a part of an existing quay (shown in red in the image). PIANC guideline 141 recommends a turning basin diameter for channels of 1.2 times
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