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Uptown/Downtown: Growing Up in New Orleans

paperback – January 1, 1996
by Martinez, Elsie
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ISBN-13: 9781887366069 ISBN-10: 1887366067
Binding
paperback
Published
January 1, 1996
Weight
0.6 lbs
Dimensions
22.90×1.30×15.20 cm

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Uptown/Downtown: Growing Up in New Orleans by Martinez, Elsie. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781887366069.

In New Orleans, no one believes in the compass. Directions in most American cities are standardized to conform to the magnetic needle: North, South, East, West. But not in New Orleans. Why? Because the oft-bending Mississippi River has discredited the compass. The river, which is the reason New Orleans was founded, the reason New Orleans exists, determines direction in the Crescent City. Replacing the points of the compass are the designations: Uptown, Downtown, River, Lake…