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...
INVISIBLE ISLANDS
In 1907, then Mayor Martin Behrman made a formal offer on behalf of the city for “four small islands” in Bayou St. John. When I first...
THE MESMERISM OF VIRGINIA REED
If you take gender and race relations of early twentieth-century New Orleans and add a healthy dose of drama, you get the story of...
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...
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...
LOAFING ROWDIES AND GOOSE RACES
This past New Year’s Eve, there was no shortage of conflict between revelers and police along Bayou St. John. I personally witnessed a...
THE SPANISH FORT AND ITS MANY HATS
In learning recently of a 2013 archaeological dig at the colloquially termed “Spanish Fort” site on Bayou St. John, my fascination with...
FIREWORKS, PANTALOONS, AND STRANGE DUELS
And now for some completely disparate events, united only by location (but come on: location is everything). From The Times-Picayune, May...
