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They took all the trees And put them in a tree museum Then they charged the people A dollar and a half just to see ’em Don’t it always seem to go, That you don’t know what you’ve got ‘Til it’s gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot It seems some people […]

TASK FORCE BLASTS NOPD LEADERSHIP – ‘SHOCKING’ LACK OF TRAINING Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA)-June 4, 1994 Many of the report’s conclusions echoed observations already uncovered by the media, harped on by council members and emphasized by blue-ribbon panels: Abysmal morale, a department that can’t keep its patrol cars operating, a bloated staff that puts […]

Good news for “Shushan Airport”:http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/lakefront_airport_celebrates_7.htmltoday. Especially considering yesterdays “New York Times piece”:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/us/09wpa.html?_r=1 about the demolition of many of the WPA projects. The details of this building are very significant to the period. the “Enrique Alferez”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Alf%C3%A9rez details are a real standout. And the series of murals are breathtaking. It has the potential to be a magnificent […]

NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMITTEE Monday, February 2, 2009 2:00 p.m. City Council Chamber 4821 Iberville on the agenda “for the entire agenda click here”:http://www.squanderedheritage.com/feb-5-agenda/

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If you go back in time and scrutinize the decisions made to demolish a neighborhood to build a new Charity Hospital it resembles the plan to greenspace parts of the City after the flood. In an effort to appear to entertain options the FEMA 106 site selection went forward, many of the people who participated […]

Just like that your neighborhood becomes a footprint, an outline, lower Mid City is about to become a shovel ready for the LSU VA complex. So the questions remain, is this the done deal they say it is or will the “lack of funds torpedo”:http://www.wwltv.com/local/stories/wwl010709mlcharity.33db7a5.html the LSU component. Will we see the cultural institutions such […]

Today I witnessed the Archdiocese celebrate the “Feast of the Epiphany”:http://www.religionfacts.com/christianity/holidays/epiphany.htm Epiphany is a Christian feast celebrating the ‘shining forth’ or revelation of God to mankind in human form, in the person of Jesus Christ It was especially odd way to celebrate with the novelist “Poppy Z Brite”:http://www.poppyzbrite.com/ getting hauled away in handcuffs along with […]