Desire Street

For the 2011 drama film, seeDesire Street (film).

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Desire Streetis a street inNew Orleans,Louisiana,in theUnited States.In his 1949 bookFrenchmen, Desire, Good Children, and Other Streets of New Orleans,John Churchill Chaseclaims the street is named for Désirée Gautier Montrieul,the daughter of Robert Gautier de Montrieul, who owned the plantation on the land where the street now lies. She marriedFrançois de La Barre,for whomLabarre RoadinMetairie,Louisiana is named. Her sister, Elmire de Montrieul, also had a street named after her, which was itself anglicized as Elmire Street, however it was renamed to Gallier Street circa 1895.

Jed Horne,author of the 2005 bookDesire Street: a true story of death and deliverance in New Orleans,suggests the name is a misspelled homage toDésirée Clary,a fiancée ofNapoleon.The playA Streetcar Named Desire,byTennessee Williams,refers to the formerstreetcar lineto this street. The Desire neighborhood in theUpper Ninth Wardis named after the street, as are the area'sDesire Projects,although the housing development has been razed and replaced with smaller apartment buildings. SinceHurricane Katrina,most of the apartments are abandoned and in disrepair.

See also

• Desire Area, New Orleans
• List of streets of New Orleans
• Streetcars in New Orleans