I have know for a few weeks that the series of reports done by Lee Zurik had been awarded the “duPont award”:http://www.journalism.columbia.edu/cs/ContentServer/jrn/1212612076307/page/1212612076272/JRNSimplePage2.htm but it was nice to see it announced today. I heard the announcment via Twitter via “@The_Gambit”:http://twitter.com/The_Gambit Nice to see new media spreading the news of old media around. I look forward to […]

Work will begin this week on the resurfacing and sidewalk replacement on South Carrollton Avenue from Interstate 10 to St. Charles Avenue, a project expected to finish by August. The project also will bring a bike lane, handicapped-accessible curb cuts at each cross street, and new curbs along the 2.2-mile stretch of road. Though the […]

In a cost-cutting move, New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin declared that all city buildings will be closed on Fridays. Supposedly, this will cut the city’s light bill and help the city meet its budget goals. Hizzoner’s announcement led to more than one wisecrack about the level of service available at City Hall even when it […]

Here are the first 50 of the 300 houses going through 106 review before they are eligible to be demolished. The neighborhoods where these houses are located are Bywater Carrollton aka Northwest Carrollton Edgewood Park and Broadmoor You are encouraged to leave comments at this site as well as “view the full list”:http://www.crt.state.la.us/hp/latrust/readnotice.asp?NoticeID=2 Some of […]

Yesterday while driving down Earhart Blvd. I came across a demolition which was being performed with no dust mitigation. The structure was a substantial Church bldg and generated a large amount of dust and debris. Here is the Church just before demolition. When I arrived on site yesterday they were well on the way to […]

I can’t even put into words now deeply saddened I was to hear of Pam’s passing. She spent much of her life both pre Katrina and especially post Katrina fighting to save our wetlands as well as the closure of the MrGo and the rebirth of the Lower 9. Pam and I schlepped through Washington […]

I have been really fortunate over the last few years to have gone places I normally would not have gone. Earlier this year I went to New York to attend The Peabody Awards, I wrote a little bit about it here, “including a scene with Jeanne- Claude and Christo.”:http://www.squanderedheritage.com/2009/05/19/my-name-is-not-monica/ I had first seen her in […]

For the last year “Ariella Cohen”:http://americancity.org/daily/author/159 and I have been working on the creation of a new investigative news site. The name, the design, the funding, the staff, the office, the endless meetings, the brick walls and the open doors, it all came together. We eventually were able to bring on “Brentin Mock”:http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brentin-mock/5/791/471 to work […]

What: Blogging 101 Class: An Introduction to Blogging for the Utter Novice When: Thursday, Nov. 12; 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. Where: The Bridge Lounge, 1201 Magazine St Why: To Learn About Blogging and for Free Beer. Who: Rising Tide This class will be taught by two local bloggers and will focus on blogging platforms, […]

I have been following the administrative adjudication process for many of our blighted and abandoned properties here in New Orleans, on March 31 2009 the property at 1600 S. Claiborne owned by FRIW CHKN LLC. was on the docket. This property is located at the corner of Claiborne and Martin Luther King and was a […]