Storyville (sec. 63) was the official red-light district of New Orleans, LA, from 1897 to 1917. City Alderman, Sidney Story, wrote the legislation and guidelines that established these 16 blocks where prostitution, still nominally illegal, would be regulated and tolerated. Established by the City Council as "The District,” the nickname Storyville, in honor of Alderman Story, soon caught on.

Storyville instantly became an entertainment destination, and that meant work for musicians. Many of the early creators of jazz like Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, and King Oliver played the brothels and bars. Storyville was closed in the run-up to WWI, and the neighborhood was razed in the early 1940s to build public housing. Little of the old District remains today. The Storyville Story