Leah Chase Circle
It has been argued that Lee and Davis, besides being traitors, were never associated with the city. And I have no problem with that.
But Paul Tulane made substantial monetary and land donations that advanced the entire higher education and hospital system in the city at a time when those entities were in danger of completely shutting down.
Yes I realize he was a supporter of the confederacy but can’t that be placed in context?
I completely agree with taking down statues and changing names. The best broad-brush principle I've seen is "we can consider celebrating people despite slavery, but we're not going to celebrate people because of slavery."
You could argue that Thomas Jefferson and George Washington did a number of amazing things to found the country, so you could honor their accomplishments while also not minizing the negatives of their slave ownership. Otherwise, you're pretty much left with John Adams and William Penn; maybe you throw in Franklin, a former slaveowner who later a became an abolitionist.
There is no reason to honor any Confederate leaders -- and to me that includes Lee, who abandoned his commission and took up arms against his own country, and he should have been hung as a traitor. I'd change the name of any street named after a Confederate general or politician.
To me that leans in favor of keeping Tulane, FWIW.
I'm OK with Leah Chase Circle -- you are celebrating New Orleans cooking, and it's "soul", if you will. in a big way.
Or Morphy Circle, with a giant chess king atop the pedestal.
Maybe Edith Rosenwald Stern keeps everybody happy -- a powerful advocate for civil rights and a generous patron of the arts and education, putting in her personal efforts as well as just cutting checks, one of the most influential women in the city's history.