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Dauphine Street Books on Chartres Street
After 25 years on the street that is its namesake, a classic French Quarter bookstore moves into a spacious corner location, steps from Jackson Square.
– by Christopher Louis Romaguera
Arcadian Books & Prints
This year marks a milestone for a neighborhood institution: Arcadian Books & Prints has been keeping love of the written word alive in two languages for 40 years. Stepping into what proprietor Russell Desmond calls the “organized chaos” of his French Quarter store (714 Orleans), customers are generally thrilled – and occasionally overwhelmed – by the literary riches packed into the confined space.
Sweet Tea and Miss Geraldine
A summer afternoon quest for caffeine in the Quarter nets an old book, a new friend, and a gander at 300 naked people riding bicycles.
- by Nan Parati
That Heathen Crowd at the Green Shutter
In the Roaring 20s, feisty Uptown socialite Martha Westfeldt opens a French Quarter bookstore that becomes Bohemia Central.
- by Michael Warner