Faubourg Livaudais Plantation
Marie Celeste Philippe Esnoul de Livaudais (De Marigny De Mandeville) - 1735-1860
- the originating social impact for our laundromat's community (women's rights, property)
- sued her husband and won, awarding her ownership of the Faubourg Livaudais Plantation
- sold to 4 investors
Samuel Jarvis Peters - 1801-1855
- investor 2 of 4
- considered to be the "Father of New Orleans Public Schools"
1520 Prytania
John M. Parker - 1863-1939
- governor who was very supportive of environmental conservation, lobbied for anti-KKK laws, and education
2500 Prytania
Mrs. Herman de Bachelle Seebold - 1950-?
- House was donated to the Women's Guild of the New Orleans Opera
2523 Prytania St
Nicolas Cage
- Regarded as one of the most generous actors in Hollywood
- Supporter of amnesty international, gun control, negro college fund, baby ICU's, anti-slavery, anti-child labor, Katrina, war zone children
1134 First Street
Charles E Fenner - 1834-1911
- Coincidentally, the residence of the judge who wrote "separate but equal" (which inspired Plessy vs Ferguson) is located almost exactly an equal distance from Canal St as the location of the arrest in the opposite direction on Press St
- Coincidentally, the distance of the residence from Canal and the distance of the arrest site from Canal in the opposite direction are both almost 1.8 miles each, and there were 18 people that helped protest with Homer Plessy.
- Coincidentally, the residence of the judge is only 1 block short of 8 blocks away from the laundromat and Plessy vs Ferguson was prompted by an arrest on a street car for whites only, at a time when being black was defined as being more than 1/8th black.
- Coincidentally, the address of the residence of the judge has the same digits as the 13th (abolish slavery) and 14th (equal citizens) Amendments and the number 13 is in between a 1 and a 4, which adds irony to the coincidence.
- Coincidentally, the middle name of the judge begins with the letter "E"
1239 First Street
Emory Clapp - 1821-1880
- son of the first Unitarian reverend
- first religions to break from older religions and welcome to all and LGBTQ
John Minor Wisdom - 1905-1999
- judge that contributed heavily toward desegregation
- received Presidential Medal of Freedom
Anne Rice
- supported equality for gay men and lesbians (including marriage rights)
- advocate for abortion rights and birth control
- broke free from the Catholic religion
1448 Fourth Street
Michael Hahn - 1830-1886
- early senator who rallied for black suffrage in Louisiana after the Civil War
- might have been gay, died never married
Nathaniel P. Banks - 1816-1894
- Supporter of Manifest Destiny (interesting that Mos Def's first album was named this), Alaska Purchase legislation, women's suffrage
2230 Carondelet
Hasidic Jews from Lithuania
2328 Coliseum Street
Ceneilla Bower Alexander - 1865-1966
- art direction of the Rex parade during the first half of the 20th century was led by women
2425 Coliseum Street
John Goodman
- supporter of Alcoholics Anonymous
2627 Coliseum St
Sandra Bullock
- supporter of the Red Cross, Katrina, and adoption
1122 Jackson Ave
Helene Goldsmith Godchaux - 1901-1993
- Jewish activist who assisted immigrant women to find work sewing (the building where the laundromat is located was first owned by a seamstress)
Lafayette Cemetery No. 1
Cornelius Hurst - 1796-1851
- first New Orleans cemetery where people who were not Catholics could be buried
2220 St. Charles Avenue
Bonnie Broel - 1938-
- Lifetime Achievement Award from Fashion Group International for her contributions to the fashion industry
- created a fashion museum
- ordained as an interfaith minister
2701 St. Charles Avenue
Clarisse Claiborne Grima - 1895-?
- donated arts and home to the Historic New Orleans Collection
Unknown Address
Mos Def
- advocate against police brutality against BIPOC, nuclear weapons, torture in prison
- supporter of Katrina survivors, freedom of speech, right to peaceful protest, the environment, artists from marginalized communities, graffiti