So I went to the neighborhood planning meeting for Mid-City and Gert Town Saturday morning, and was deeply disturbed by what I saw there. Something…
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So I went to the neighborhood planning meeting for Mid-City and Gert Town Saturday morning, and was deeply disturbed by what I saw there. Something…
I got my sample ballot. Here’s how I plan to vote in the runoff Saturday: Clerk, Criminal District Court Nick Varrecchio, Democrat, Ballot # 21…
My friend Michael is fighting back. Anyone else out there in America who pays money to Big Insurance Companies — I hope you’re paying attention…
The most radical proposal I heard at last weekend’s AIA conference: Tear down the stretch of I-10 that passes through the center of New Orleans…
Uh oh. I don’t like the looks of this.
The more I think about it, this stinks to high heaven. The location? The timing? The absence of any publicity? It’s as if they’re going…
On May 21st of last year, with a couple friends, I hiked about three miles through New Orleans following the (mostly) abandoned Norfolk-Southern rail line.…
An architect/planner from Baltimore gave me the following advice at the AIA dinner I attended last nite: “Don’t let a bunch of architects and planners…
As they continue demolishing it, Physicians Hospital is now wide open. I walked in and took some pictures. Man, it’s spooky in there. Added twenty-odd…
Slowly, all too slowly, Mid-City restaurants are re-opening. We went to Katie’s for a Cinco de Mayo party last Friday… It was a one-time affair,…
After about two months of inactivity, the demolition of the old Physicians Hospital on Canal Street has resumed. Not the historic wood frame houses —…
Simon Dorfman has launched PeopleOfNewOrleans.com. Check out his self-interview for an idea of what the project is about.
At least one person understood the true purpose of my Jazz Fest heresy: whoring for free tickets. Thanks, Howie! Xy and I had a good…
On the way home from a science fair in Algiers, my boss and I came across a rather astonishing sight. I don’t think the camera…
Today (Thursday) is trash day. Waste Management didn’t pick up our trash last Thursday, or the Thursday before that. The pile is mounting. If they…
It really chapped my ass to read the story on the front page of today’s paper, about the big movie production studio which is planned to be built next to the Lafitte housing project.
I’m not opposed to the project — I see it as a hugely positive boon to the neighborhood. The inclusion of a vocational school is great.
What irritates me is that I learned about this three months ago.
It’s been eight months since Hurricane Katrina made landfall on the Gulf Coast. Xy and I made a little (two minute) video to mark the…
The University where I work is finally getting some financial aid — not from the United States, but from Qatar. I’m certainly glad for the…
Mike Leonard and his lovely wife Mardi were in New Orleans for Jazz Fest. On Monday, I took them on the mandatory misery tour. We…
People in New Orleans are getting excited about Bush. No, not George W. Bush — Reggie Bush. He’s some sort of new football guy for…