Toxic fumes still plague Uptown neighborhoods, Irish Channel residents say

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On a pleasant spring evening last week, Irish Channel residents Kimberly Terrell and Justin Vittitow met at Parasol’s to plan a presentation on the air quality in their neighborhood. They were sitting outside the bar, but soon had to go in. Fumes that had drifted in from across the river were burning their throats, Vittitow said. 
Nearly two years after the City Council passed a resolution in support of Irish Channel residents’ efforts to rid their neighborhood of toxic fumes from industry on the Mississippi River in Jefferson Parish, Vittitow and Terrell — members of JOIN (Jefferson, Orleans, Irish Channel Neighbors) for Clean Air — were back in Council Chambers. They spoke Tuesday (March 28) to the Joint Climate Change and Sustainability and Governmental Affairs Committee. “We still have this.

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Second line on Sunday through Irish Channel, up Magazine, Central City and Garden District

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The Prince of Wales 82nd Annual Second Line will parade through several Uptown neighborhoods Sunday. The second line begins at 1 p.m. at the Rock Bottom Lounge, 3801 Tchoupitoulas, and heads up to Magazine Street, up Louisiana Avenue, then back down through Central City, the Garden District and Irish Channel before disbanding at the Rock Bottom Lounge. Stops include: Reesie’s Snowball Stand on Magazine (marked “1” on the map), Sandpiper Lounge (2) on Louisiana, Charlie Wright’s Watering Hole (3) in Central City, Commander’s Palace (4) in the Garden District and CTC Steppers (5) in the Irish Channel. This year’s second line is dedicated “in memory of Dinneral Shavers, Brandon Franklin and all our departed Prince of Wales/Lady Wales,” according to the announcement. (via patjolly.com)