Author: Katy Reckdahl

About Katy Reckdahl: Katy Reckdahl is The Lens’ managing editor. Reckdahl was a staff reporter for The Times-Picayune and the alt-weekly Gambit before spending a decade as a freelancer, writing frequently for the New Orleans Advocate | Times-Picayune, The New York Times and the Washington Post. She’s received more than two-dozen first-place New Orleans Press Club awards, the James Aronson Award for social justice reporting, a Casey Medal for Meritorious Journalism and three TV-documentary Emmy Awards. In 2020, she was a producer for The Atlantic’s Peabody Award-winning podcast, Floodlines.

People vs. pets? Plans for 11 city dog parks draw growls from some owners

February 28, 2013 Updated November 7, 2019

Plan to distribute dog parks across council districts means some traditional runs—like Cabrini and Markey parks—will be off-limits. Full implementation of the new parks has been delayed by tight funding.