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Ashley was a passionate, generous soul. His “funeral”:http://www.dsbnola.com/?p=143 was a fitting tribute to a friend and again “closed”:http://toulousestreet.wordpress.com/2008/04/11/tragedy-in-two-acts/ a “sad circle.”:http://b.rox.com/2008/04/11/no-silence/ How could anyone have suspected on that day in January of 2007 as we marched to show our outrage as a City, our outrage over the murders “Dinneral Shavers”:http://foodmusicjustice.com/2007/01/09/dinerral-shavers-in-memorium/ and “Helen Hill”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Hill as well […]

CITY OF NEW ORLEANS THE NEW ORLEANS HISTORIC DISTRICT LANDMARKS COMMISSION WILL HOLD ITS NEXT REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING ON FRIDAY, April 11th AT 9:30 A.M. IN THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN CITY HALL AT 1300 PERDIDO STREET . THE PUBLIC IS WELCOME. MEETING STARTING TIME IS 9:30 A.M. “727-29 N. Robertson Street”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/727.North.Robertson.Street Howard Herbert, owner […]

“Death and life are in the power of the tongue”:http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13790a.htm The words and “deeds”:http://www.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/stories3/120402_burns.htm of “Archbishop Alfred Hughes”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Clifton_Hughes Our action or inaction failed to protect the innocents among us, the children. I ask for forgiveness “Todays news”:http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/archbishop_announces_sweeping.html “For more”:http://citizenscityhall.com/2008/04/09/archdiocese-releases-plan-to-close-churches-asks-us-to-leave-the-room/

Ashley Morris..I remember reading this post “back Home with a Vengance”:http://ashleymorris.typepad.com/ashley_morris_the_blog/2005/12/back_home_with_.html I have thought a lot about the idea of after anger comes hopelessness and how much hopelessness is being offered then and now. So Ashley “managed”:http://humidhaney.typepad.com/the_humid_haney_rant/2008/04/a-video-of-ashl.html to fan the fire that we all hold within us. “Greg”:http://www.suspect-device.com/blog/?p=2081 thought it was gone, but it is […]

This is what I see from my front porch. Even though they opened up after the flood, the Archdiocese shut them down while they made a plan now the “Archdiocese gets ready to spring their plans”:http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/after_129_years_holy_cross_pri.html, but who knows what they are.

“We will miss you.”:http://ashleymorris.typepad.com/ashley_morris_the_blog/2008/04/this-is-the-las.html “Enjoy every Sandwich”:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eUsSXXc8wU

Every demolition job is required to have dust control. Yesterday while driving down Washongton Ave I was enveloped by a cloud of dust. This dust is “harmful and is wafting”:http://deseretnews.com/article/1,5143,695201355,00.html over a very large area of Central City, creating a toxic dust cloud, anyone have Alphonse Jacksons phone number? “or even Rene from HUD?”:http://www.louisianaweekly.com/weekly/news/articlegate.pl?20060904k it […]

UPDATE “Alphonse Jackson”:http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120692786807175983.html Based on this “article”:http://www.nola.com/business/index.ssf/2008/03/market_crunch_hinders_new_hous.html the funding for these projects is not yet closed. Perhaps we can look “forward”:http://www.bootstrap-analysis.com/2006/07/more_on_the_urb.html to a new “Urban Prairie”:http://detroityes.com/webisodes/2004/13-UrbanPrairie/HermanGarden.htm “or maybe not”:http://www.landliving.com/articles/0000000995.aspx

Neighborhood Conservation District Committee Meeting April 7, 2008 1st Floor City Council Chambers 2:00 P.M. NEW BUSINESS “2516-18 S. Johnson St.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2516.South.Johnson.Street “2223-27 Onzaga St.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2223-27.Onzaga.Street “2425-27 S. Derbigny St.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2425.South.Derbigney.Street “6309 N. Claiborne Ave”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/6309.North.Claiborne.Avenue “2339 Roffignac St”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2339.Roffignac.Street “2233 Bartholomew St.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2233.Bartholemew.Street “3617 General Pershing (rear Bld.#2)”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/3617.General.Pershing “2767-65 Tulane Ave.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2765-67.Tulane.Avenue “2763-61 Tulane Ave.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2761-63.Tulane.Avenue “1913 Gentilly Blvd.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/1913.Gentilly.Boulevard “3221 Lowerline St.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/3221.Lowerline.Street […]

Today I received an email from XXNO that a striking house on Canal Boulevard was about to be demolished. Since I live about half a mile away, I have enjoyed the sweeping curves of the building since I was a girl. Amidst brick ranches and post-Katrina modulars, this building truly stands out as a marriage […]