A mysterious construction project is underway on Bienville between Salcedo and Lopez, a block from our house. A neighbor told me they’re building 30 homes which will be sold for $125K each. I thought that was interesting, so I went over Sunday and asked about it. I didn’t much care for the reception I got: I was told not to walk down the street (Lopez) even though it’s not blocked off, and it’s a city street, after all. In fact they wouldn’t talk to me until I went back to Bienville. Two guys told me they didn’t have any idea what they were going to build, which I find hard to swallow. They gave me a number for a Chris Salmons (??? — they seemed unsure of his last name). I called the number and got The Shaw Group. I spoke to Mr. Salmons, and though he didn’t know what the site was at first, he checked and got back with me yesterday: It’s going to be a trailer site.
Well, that’s fine by me. Some people seem to have a not-in-my-backyard mentality. Not us. Bring ’em on. A lot of New Orleanians are still homeless, and they need places to stay, and this seems like a pretty reasonable location. It will be nice to have more people around.
But do the construction workers have to be such pricks about it?
Prediction: This block will still be chock-full of trailers in March 2007.
Update: A few hours after posting I passed by the site again and was amazed to see the trailers on site already.
That was quick. Gravel in the morning, trailers by late afternoon.
Discover more from b.rox
Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.
I’d make it a point to walk or cycle through there (on the public street) every day.
Any chance Oprah’s criticism of the last few days stepped it up a notch?
She specifically mentioned the lack of trailers.
The power of Oprah knows no bounds! But I doubt there’s a direct correlation.
Maybe they can go to Bayou ‘something’ to get a cup of joe.