1
: suburb
especially
: a suburb of a French city
2
: a city quarter
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The 1895 map also revealed something curious: The rear precincts of one downtown faubourg had, for the first time, dipped slightly below sea level.
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Richard Campanella, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2018
This avenue marked the lower limit of the Marigny Plantation and of the original faubourg, despite that current perception places the neighborhood’s lower border at Press Street.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 23 Jan. 2018
That same year, residents of Jefferson Parish's lowermost faubourgs incorporated themselves as Lafayette, which enabled them to govern their own affairs.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 11 July 2017
This same plantation-to-faubourg process would occur all around New Orleans for decades to come.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 12 June 2017
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Richard Campanella, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2018
This avenue marked the lower limit of the Marigny Plantation and of the original faubourg, despite that current perception places the neighborhood’s lower border at Press Street.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 23 Jan. 2018
That same year, residents of Jefferson Parish's lowermost faubourgs incorporated themselves as Lafayette, which enabled them to govern their own affairs.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 11 July 2017
This same plantation-to-faubourg process would occur all around New Orleans for decades to come.
—Richard Campanella, NOLA.com, 12 June 2017
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“Faubourg.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faubourg. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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