Visited a couple of the old tobacco factories in New Orleans

[batsballsbases]

Thanks for the pics Zach!

[Luke]

Very cool Zach! Thanks for sharing.

[ZachS]

We always end up in New Orleans on the weekend so some stuff is closed. Part of the old People's Tobacco building has a Tchoupitoulas Public Parking sign on it and I'm hoping that if I go down there during the week at some point that it might be open. I'd like to be able to walk around inside to check it out.

This is the Sanborn map showing the layout of the old People's Tobacco building(s).



Current Google Maps view (blue outline shows the 2 long buildings that are now Tchoupitoulas Public Parking).



View of the building from Tchoupitoulas Street (around the corner from the brown warehouse part)

[packs]

Very cool. I had a great time when I visited NO but was only in the French Quarter.

[ZachS]

It's really a great city (to visit... but I don't think I'd want to live there). We live about 45 minutes away and go there for one reason or another at least once a month. I have a membership to the WWII Museum and my wife has one for her and the kids to the Audubon Zoo and the aquarium. We like to stay a night at different hotels every few weekends and bring the kids.

The only time I go into the Quarter is when my buddy comes home from the Army and we go to a Saints game. We usually bar hop before the game.

[thisisradioclash]

Very cool idea! I used to live in New Orleans (and I'm trying to move back soon), and I never even thought about visiting the old tobacco warehouses. Let us know if you can get inside someday!

[Leon]

Thanks for sharing, Zach. Looks like you had a fun time. Those are great before and after pictures. It seems whomever renovated the Irby Building at least kept the same theme. Here are a few pouches, and although shown a few times before, are scarce and apropos. I should add that it is my belief the Mino is circa 1920s and the Kotton is circa 1910s..

[Jobu]

I lived in New Orleans for a decade - just moved to Milwaukee two weeks ago. It never occurred to me to try and track these places down. Very cool Zach, thanks for posting this (even if you are two weeks late!). I will definitely add these stops to my trip the next time I go back to visit my friends.