Delta Dawn, what’s that flower you have on Could it be a faded rose from days gone by And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today To take you to his mansion in the sky I do not wake up easily in the morning. I have a pained ritual which includes […]
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The House on New Orleans Street
For about the past month I have obsessed and worried and wondered about the house on New Orleans Street. From the outside it is a perfect rendition of the vernacular song of a Corner Store. The tension between the overhang and the house made you wonder if the awning was pulling at the house and […]
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NCDC Agenda
Here is a “link”:http://www.squanderedheritage.com/ncdc-oct-20-agenda-2/ to the agenda..will be linking photos today
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DRC Group
Here is a link to a story about “DRC”:http://www.drcusa.com/ our demolition contractor. The contractors who have made the process drag on forever. Here is a snippet of an “article about the fun”:http://www.click2houston.com/investigates/17712771/detail.html they are having in Texas Another worker playfully balanced on the hood of his truck, emulating a surfer. Two other workers were captured […]
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1716 S Gayoso
This house was demolished today in spite of the promises of the administration to review all apllications issued under the Executive Order. There was this and now this
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Mismanagment
I have been trying to figure out who owns “this property”:http://flickr.com/photos/karenapricot/sets/72157607804935330/ It is an irreplaceable corner store, and I thought perhaps if the owner did not care that it was demolished they may want to sell it. And that is where the City database becomes an incomprehensible mess. The owner information is incorrect. It seems […]
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Lee Harvey Oswald
A reader pointed out this bit of “lost history”:http://www.acorn.net/jfkplace/03/JA/DR/.dr19.html Set forth below is a list of all the known residences of Lee Harvey Oswald disclosed and verified through the investigation of his background: 2109 Alvar Street New Orleans, Louisiana October 18, 1939 – Spring 1940 This first appeared on an agenda in 2007. Most likely […]
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Voice of the Wetlands
Voice of the “Wetlands Music Festival”:http://www.voiceofthewetlands.com/mainpage%201.html this weekend Cause it matters
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Don't forget South Louisiana
We took another quick trip down to Dulac last week. We also went out to the Isle de Jean Charles. Before we went down to the Isle we stopped by the Old Store to see Brenda Dardar Robicheaux..here is an excerpt from her blog. On a recent trip to Isle de Jean Charles, I noticed […]
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Loser of the Week
This weeks loser is a corner store on New Orleans Street approved for demolition today along with about 100 other houses. to see the full set “click here”:http://flickr.com/photos/karenapricot/sets/72157607804935330/