Both Cemeteries (No. 1 & No. 2) were were originally part of City of Lafayette, a suburb of New Orleans that was absorbed into the greater city. No.1 is in the Garden District, toured daily by many groups of tourists, and has had a dozen movies shot inside its gates.

No. 2 is in Central City- literally down the street and a world away. Now all but abandoned and overgrown with weeds now, it was opened in 1851 when No.1 was deemed to be at capacity. One of the most dangerous housing projects in U.S. stood only 2 blocks away and made this cemetery and its neighbors, St. Josephs 1&2 impossible to visit without putting your life in serious danger. The projects are gone now, and the neighborhood beginning to stabilize, Post-Katrina, so spring is coming in many forms to Central City.