Photo: Erika Goldring/Getty Images A Guy Fieri-themed krewe gathers on the edge of the French Quarter. Image: Chelsea Brasted/Axios Scrim costumes were everywhere this year. Photo: Erika Goldring ...

Produced and narrated by Peggy Scott Laborde. The French Quarter That Was is available to stream on pbs.org and the free PBS App, available on iPhone, Apple TV, Android TV, Android smartphones ...

As the site of the original New Orleans colony (established by the French in 1718), the French Quarter has held on to its heritage, complete with street names that are still listed in French.