In subsequent years most of the brothels were razed and later replaced by the Iberville housing development. The controversy surrounding the preservation of early jazz homeplaces and venues comes as the city enjoys a musical heyday of sorts. Davis' Storyville club on Bourbon Street opened two years ago, joining other new venues like the Tin Roof Cafe on Frenchmen Street which offers traditional jazz and Sweet Lorraine's on St. Claude Avenue which offers a modern take on the music. They join stalwarts like Preservation Hall and the Palm Court Jazz Cafe on the city's musical map. We have all this focus on great music that's in fact being played here right now.
People come to have a first-hand experience.
When jazz tourists arrive in New Orleans they find several things are already in place or in the works. Jazz Cafe in the French Quarter if they want to hear traditional jazz. The state operates a jazz museum at the Old U.S. Mint in the French Quarter that has a trove of artifacts, including Louis Armstrong's first cornet as well as his bugle. About 38,000 visitors passed through the museum last year. The National Parks Service is also in the final planning stages for an interactive jazz park.