Maiden voyage - streetcar!

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New Orleans never needs an excuse to throw a parade, but this parade was extra special.

With the St. Augustine Marching 100 leading the way, red streetcars made their maiden voyage on the $45 million extension of the New Orleans streetcar route, which stretches from Canal Street, down Loyola Avenue to the Union Passenger Terminal.  

Clarion Herald photographer Frank J. Methe took the shots from the rooftop of the 12-story Archdiocese of New Orleans building at 1000 Howard Avenue.