For the past six years, talk radio host Garland Robinette lectured local public figures about the importance of perception. Many would appear on Robinette’s “Think Tank” program after a news report linked them to controversy, in order to “clear the air” and tell “their side of the story.” They’d use the forum to convince Robinette’s […]
Daily Archives: September 8, 2011
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Smooth roads not cheap: City says it spends $1 million to rebuild each one-block stretch
By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer | It costs $1 million to reconstruct a one-block stretch of city street in New Orleans. You read that right. That covers work from asphalt down to the muddy subterranean, and from sidewalk to sidewalk, including stormwater catch basins and curbs, Deputy Mayor Cedric Grant told the City […]
Posted inOpinion
Initiative aims to bring 'Creole Canal Street' back to full vigor
By Samuel Cook III, The Lens contributing opinion writer Saint Bernard Avenue runs through the 7th Ward, a central vein of this historic community. And the iconic Circle Food Store once served as its pulsing heart, a locus of cultural, social and economic activity. In a single outing , shoppers could make groceries, catch a […]