A Streetcar Named Desire reference Elysian Fields is the setting for Tennessee Williams' 1947 play "A Streetcar Named Desire". Williams presents the setting as multi-cultural and vibrant with Jazz culture and social life. Blanche Dubois, the tragic heroine of the play, is seen to be "incongruous" to the setting, which is used by Williams' to highlight the cosmopolitan nature of the city and decay of the Old South, which Blanche symbolises. Geographic coordinates – northern terminus at Lake Pontchartrain – Gentilly Boulevard – Interstate 610 – Interstate 10 – southern terminus at Mississippi River Major intersections See also Brother Martin High School References External links La DOTD State, District, and Parish Maps District 02 Orleans Parish Streets in New Orleans 3021