“Selective demolition” lies ahead for a school with a storied past. photo: Karen Gadbois Demolition of Booker T. Washington High School, on Earhart Boulevard near the B.W. Cooper public housing development, is now under way, but plans call for preserving the school’s storied auditorium. The auditorium, in ruins since Katrina, will be refurbished. photo: Andy […]
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So much for Satchmo: How about another downtown parking lot?
I passed the 100 block of South Rampart Street last night, much as I often do. Each time I drive that route I find myself thinking, “No parking lot, yet.” A nine-story parking garage was supposed to be constructed on that corner. In order to make room for the structure four buildings needed to be […]
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The New Orleans dilemma: Is it hip to be so very, very 'hip'?
Congratulations, New Orleanians! The April 2012 Travel & Leisure magazine has voted you the fourth hippest city in America! If only we could pin down what “hip” is supposed to mean, we could feel even prouder. There is, of course, a great deal of confusion about what defines “hip,” and the definition also appears to […]
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Smokin’ Joe’s Philly not the only town spurning home-grown champs
A “for sale” sign bedecks Joe Frazier’s gym in the city that venerates the fictional Rocky over the late, great boxer. Photo by Tony the Misfit used through Flickr’s creative commons. It’s sadly fitting that the AMC-TV channel aired “Rocky” and “Rocky II” on Monday, the day when former heavyweight boxing champ Joe Frazier died […]