Faubourg

What he sees is the view from our window, which is on the third floor of an old building in the section of town called the Faubourg Marigny, or “the Faubourg” to the old-timers, though the rest of us call it the Marigny.

My New Orleans Rosemary James 2006

What he sees is the view from our window, which is on the third floor of an old building in the section of town called the Faubourg Marigny, or “the Faubourg” to the old-timers, though the rest of us call it the Marigny.

My New Orleans Rosemary James 2006

That portion of the city above Canal St.eet, and then known as the Faubourg St. Mary, was little better than a marsh in its greater portion.

The Memories of Fifty Years Sparks, William H 1870

That portion of the city above Canal St.eet, and then known as the Faubourg St. Mary, was little better than a marsh in its greater portion.

The Memories of Fifty Years Containing Brief Biographical Notices of Distinguished Americans, and Anecdotes of Remarkable Men; Interspersed with Scenes and Incidents Occurring during a Long Life of Observation Chiefly Spent in the Southwest William Henry Sparks 1841

Colorful, accompanied by accordions and indelibly French, "Paris 36" unfolds in the imagined Parisian suburb called the Faubourg, a working class neighborhood.

Daily Californian Headlines 2009

New Jersey, and near St. Martinsville, Louisiana, the settlement once called Faubourg is "now called Coon Town, where the Negroes live."

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VIII No 1 1981

Little, narrow streets; dirty children blockading them; greasy, slovenly women capturing and spanking them; filthy dens on first floors, with rag stores in them (the heaviest business in the Faubourg is the chiffonier's); other filthy dens where whole suits of second and third-hand clothing are sold at prices that would ruin any proprietor who did not steal his stock; still other filthy dens where they sold groceries -- sold them by the half-pennyworth -- five dollars would buy the man out, goodwill and all.

The Innocents Abroad — Volume 02 Mark Twain 1872

Little, narrow streets; dirty children blockading them; greasy, slovenly women capturing and spanking them; filthy dens on first floors, with rag stores in them (the heaviest business in the Faubourg is the chiffonier's); other filthy dens where whole suits of second and third-hand clothing are sold at prices that would ruin any proprietor who did not steal his stock; still other filthy dens where they sold groceries -- sold them by the half-pennyworth -- five dollars would buy the man out, goodwill and all.

The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain 1872

An 'he's smart horse sure, w'at he call "Faubourg,"

The Habitant and Other French-Canadian Poems William Henry Drummond 1880

There are places in almost every city where people watching could be recognized as a bona fide sport — Via Jesu in Milan; Freds, Barney's top-floor caf é, in New York; the Moncler store on rue du Faubourg St. Honor é, Paris.

Does the Shoe Fit? Finding the Perfect Flat Tina Gaudoin 2010