BAYOU ST. JOHN: ACTING UP AGAIN
"Water hyacinths blocking a steam boat on a bayou in Louisiana in 1920." October 25, 1920, photo from Louisiana Works Progress...
BSJ's STUBBORN SHIPYARDS
In the 1920s and ‘30s, thanks in no small part to the New Deal, Bayou St. John got a huge makeover. No more mudflats and sunken garbage!...
A BRIDGE'S MANY LIVES
Did you know that the historic, blue-tinted bridge spanning Bayou St. John across from Cabrini High School—colloquially referred to as...
BUNDLES, BLOOMERS, AND BICYCLES
As many cities move toward more bike-friendly infrastructure, including our own, let’s take a trip back to the bicycle craze of the 1890s...
OLD FISH, NEW FISH
Don’t let those wind-induced ruffles on its surface fool you: our Bayou St. John doesn’t have a current of its own to speak of. Like all...
BOYS OF THE BAYOU: THEN AND NOW
While attending last week’s July 4th boat parade on Bayou St. John, led by the Krewe of Kolossos, I was reminded of a letter I came...
NEW ORLEANS' OLDEST FIRE HYDRANT
Given the recent rejection of a property tax by New Orleans residents to help fund firefighter backpay, I figured I would focus on a...
CURED MEAT & MONSTERS OF THE DEEP
Big Walking Gator at Lake Woodruff. © Andrea Westmoreland. From Wikimedia Commons This past January, I wrote a post in which I quoted...
THE HISTORIC OSSORNO HOUSE
In a post last fall, in which I documented my trek along the modern-day path of the historic Bayou Road portage route, I mentioned the...
BRILLIANT ASSEMBLIES OF LADIES
Did you know that where the Pitot House and Desmare Playground sit now was once a 19th century pleasure garden called "the Tivoli"?...
