Christy Lorio: Get out of your neighborhood

 Posted by at 5:30 am  opinion
Sep 252011
 

Christy Lorio (photo by Leslie Almeida)

If you live in New Orleans proper, chances are you or someone you know might suffer from being ‘hood bound. You know the type, the friend that you who won’t meet you for happy hour because they’d have to make a 10-minute drive. Or what about the guy who complains about how much of a trek the Bywater is from Uptown? People become restricted to their neighborhood for a number of reasons. Transportation issues, sheer laziness, or just the convenience factor are all factors that play into turning into a hyper-local. I’m definitely all too familiar with the n‘hood rat mentality because I suffer from periodic bouts of it myself. Continue reading »

Neighbors and nature “fight the blight” in Freret and Milan

 Posted by at 2:06 pm  blight and demolition, city government, events, good works, neighborhood groups, public safety, sports and recreation
Sep 242011
 

Only the roof of a house on South Saratoga Street is visible after its collapse Friday morning, a day before the Fight the Blight effort. (Nicole Harvey for UptownMessenger.com)

Xavier student Brandon Webster paints a trashcan with classmates. (Nicole Harvey for UptownMessenger.com)

For weeks, Freret and Milan residents have been enthusiastically planning for Saturday’s “Fight the Blight” day around Samuel Square. But on Friday morning, the combined forces of nature and neglect made a preemptive strike when a derelict house slated for demolition collapsed on South Saratoga Street.

“It sounded like an explosion,” said Elma Bridges, looking over her balcony to the flattened roof partially buried under 10-foot tall weeds across the street. “Look at that forest they have here, and all that mess is still here.” Continue reading »

“Birth of a Muse”

 Posted by at 6:00 am  arts, books and music, events, neighborhood groups
Sep 242011
 

Sculptress Kim Bernadas unveils her latest work "Birth of a Muse," in the Terpsichore finger park near Prytania. After Hurricane Katrina, the Percent for Art program focused on restoration of public art, and "Birth of a Muse" is the first new work commissioned since then. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)

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Young Men Olympians Junior to second-line through Central City

 Posted by at 10:34 pm  events
Sep 232011
 

This year’s parade begins at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Young Men Olympian Junior Benevolent Association Hall, 2101 South Liberty Street, then loops over to Louisiana Avenue, down South Claiborne and Martin Luther King Boulevard, before ending where it started. The full route, via the Backstreet Cultural Museum, is below: Continue reading »

Relationship questioned between Tchoupitoulas area bars, off-duty officers

 Posted by at 10:21 pm  business, city government, crime, public safety
Sep 232011
 

Patrols by off-duty NOPD officers around F&M Patio Bar and Grill near Tchoupitoulas and Lyons have been canceled while the department determine if its policy against officers working for bars has been violated, Brendan McCarthy of the Times-Picayune reports. F&M attorney Justin Schmidt told the newspaper that the officers are not associated with the bar and have already been exonerated, though that has not been confirmed.

The bars are already operating under a consent decree with the city over problems in past years.

Telly Hankton found guilty of murder in 2008 slaying on South Claiborne

 Posted by at 9:57 pm  court, crime, public safety
Sep 232011
 

Telly Hankton (via opcso.org)

“New Orleans is a safer city tonight because Telly Hankton is off the streets,” said NOPD Superintendent Ronal Serpas after the verdict, according to our partners at WWL-TV.

District Attorney Leon Cannizzaro cautioned that the fight against crime in Uptown New Orleans is still far from over, however.

“Hankton’s been in jail for several years now, and there is still a lot of violence that’s going on in this community, so his removal from that Uptown area has really not stopped the violence,” Cannizzaro said. “We’re going to take him off the streets for the rest of his life, but there are other people out there, there are other people that are still involved in the guns and violence.”

Advertiser Bulletin: Redeemer Presbyterian Church partners for a special presentation on the global sex trafficking and human slave trade and “What It Means to Be a Modern Day Abolitionist.”

 Posted by at 7:47 pm  Advertiser specials
Sep 232011
 

TODAY, Redeemer Presbyterian Church of New Orleans in partnership with International Justice Mission & Louisiana IJM Advocacy Group invite you to attend a special presentation on the global sex trafficking and human slave trade and “What It Means to Be a Modern Day Abolitionist.” Sat, Sept 24, 1 – 3pm, at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ 616 Eleonore Street, Uptown, (enter on Patton Street).

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Arts Market returns to Palmer Park on Saturday

 Posted by at 10:39 am  arts, books and music, events, sports and recreation
Sep 232011
 

Detail from "Let the Good Times Roll" by artist Darrin Butler

The Arts Market of New Orleans will host 115 visual artists as well as the usual assortment of food and drink vendors, live music and children’s activities from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday in Palmer Park, at the corner of South Claiborne and Carrollton. Continue reading »

Blight fight comes to Freret and Milan this weekend

 Posted by at 8:57 am  blight and demolition, city government, events, good works, neighborhood groups
Sep 232011
 

A Sojourner Truth Academy student paints at Taylor Park in Central City during March's "Fight the Blight" day. (Sabree Hill, UptownMessenger.com)

On Saturday morning, two of the Uptown New Orleans neighborhoods that have been most energetic in seeking their own revitalization will receive a shot in the arm from the city and hopefully hundreds of volunteers on “Fight the Blight” day at Samuel Square park. Continue reading »

Advertiser Bulletin: CGHC’s Black Tie Bowling Fundraising Gala w/ Honorary Event Chair Irvin Mayfield

 Posted by at 6:00 am  Advertiser specials
Sep 232011
 
Common Ground Health Clinic invites you to be part  of the“ Black Tie” Bowling Fundraiser” on Thursday, September 29th at Rock n’ Bowl located in Mid City from 7pm – 10pm.  The event,  CGHC’s, first ever fundraising gala, will be a fabulous affair featuring food, drink (can you say “open bar”?), live music and, of course, bowling.
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Coliseum Square double feature Friday: “Birth of a Muse” and “Airplane!”

 Posted by at 10:57 am  arts, books and music, city government, events, good works, sports and recreation
Sep 222011
 

"Birth of a Muse," by Kim Bernadas

On Friday evening, the Lower Garden District wants you to come play in its parks.

At 5:30 p.m., the Arts Council of New Orleans will celebrate the installation of a new sculpture, Kim Bernadas’ “Birth of a Muse,” in the Terpsichore finger park near Prytania. After Hurricane Katrina, the Percent for Art program focused on restoration of public art, and “Birth of a Muse” is the first new work commissioned since then. The ceremony and reception will feature “live dancers and musicians, refreshments and hor d’oeuvres,” according to the Arts Council: Continue reading »

Letter to the editor: 311 Words on the Sad State of NOLA 3-1-1

 Posted by at 9:54 am  city government, Letters to the editor, opinion
Sep 222011
 

[The following letter to the editor was written by Tim Garrett, State Street Drive neighborhood activist and administrator of NOLAhoods.com and AskNOLA.com]

As the owner/manager of AskNOLA.com, I may be biased, but I suspect many other native New Orleanians share my assessment of the current “citizen complaint hotline” hosted by City Hall:

Its hours are too restricted: Try dialing 311 at 5:01pm or during the weekend.  A recording asks you to call another day; you cannot leave a message.  The operators are poorly trained: Many of my calls get routed to the wrong department (“I said street light, not traffic signal”), and I’m forced to redial.  That’s quite an inconvenience, especially for tourists, drivers and cyclists. Continue reading »

Johnson Elementary community, Carrollton neighbors beseech RSD superintendent for Priestley site

 Posted by at 6:11 pm  blight and demolition, neighborhood groups, schools, state government
Sep 212011
 

RSD planning director Adam Hawf (from left), superintendent John White, Carrollton resident Mary DeWitt Dukes and Pensiontown Neighborhood Association president Tilman Hardy speak Wednesday night after a meeting at the Johnson School campus. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.com)

Stung by the pain of a broken promise, members of the James Weldon Johnson Elementary School community did their utmost Wednesday night to convince the new chief of the Recovery School District to resurrect a plan to move their campus to a safer, more prestigious site a few blocks away.

The Priestley site on Leonidas would symbolize social change, many said — traditionally, white schools in New Orleans were built on major thoroughfares like Leonidas, while black schools were tucked behind them in the neighborhood, like Johnson. But more importantly, the Priestley site is in a safer part of the neighborhood, they said.

“The crime is very high here,” said Johnson principal Wanda Brooks. “This school year, we had a killing in the back by the cafeteria.” Continue reading »

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