City Government / Land Use & Development
by Gentilly Messenger · Published August 2, 2022 · Last modified August 3, 2022
A new Scottish Rite Masonic Temple is planned for the vacant lot on St. Bernard Avenue near Interstate-610. It will be home to the Supreme Council of the 33rd and Last Degree of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of...
Land Use & Development / Parks & Recreation
by Gentilly Messenger · Published July 19, 2022 · Last modified July 20, 2022
The Pontchartrain Beach Foundation announced Monday (July 18) it submitted a proposal to obtain a lease for the former Pontchartrain Beach site. The foundation seeks to develop it into a recreation and ecological education area for the public. The proposal...
City Government / Land Use & Development / state government
by Gentilly Messenger · Published November 10, 2021 · Last modified November 14, 2021
The Gentilly Development District announced its plans Tuesday (Nov. 9) for ongoing beautification and economic development projects for the Gentilly area. Developments such as the utility art boxes and the new Welcome to Gentilly signs popping up around the community...
City Government / flood protection and drainage / Land Use & Development / Parks & Recreation
by Gentilly Messenger · Published November 7, 2021
By Jesse Baum, Gentilly Messenger The 27-acre wooded area near the Dillard University campus is a rare patch of uncultivated land in a city that has, for centuries, grown around it. Its groves are thick with invasive species such as...
City Government / elections / Land Use & Development / Opinion
by Gentilly Messenger · Published July 22, 2021
By Danae Columbus, opinion columnist While Mayor LaToya Cantrell told members of the Save Our Soul (SOS) coalition Tuesday that she was “good” with the Municipal Auditorium not becoming the next City Hall, the historic structure remains her first choice...
Advertiser's Message / court / Land Use & Development
by Gentilly Messenger · Published May 24, 2021
Clerk of Civil District Court Chelsey Richard Napoleon is offering New Orleanians a chance to research the history of their family, their property and other aspects of this culturally rich city. Clerk of Civil District Court: Notarial Archives Research Center 1340...
Land Use & Development / Traffic & Construction
by Gentilly Messenger · Published March 8, 2021 · Last modified March 9, 2021
From the Mayor’s Office An unprecedented amount of infrastructure work is happening across New Orleans — altogether more than $500 million on roadways and on vertical construction projects and there is more to come. For the first time in more...
City Government / Events / flood protection and drainage / Land Use & Development
by Katherine Hart · Published February 3, 2021
The city plans to reallocate some of the federal dollars flowing into the Gentilly Resilience District. The money would affect an array of green developments, including the Blue and Green Corridors, Dillard Wetlands, Mirabeau Water Gardens, St. Anthony Green Streets...
City Government / community meetings / Land Use & Development
by Tyree Worthy · Published December 16, 2020
Robert E. Lee Blvd., General Early Dr., and Dreux Ave. are Gentilly streets that might find new identities very soon. The City Council Street Renaming Commission (CCSRC)—established to make recommendations for renaming streets, parks, and places in New Orleans that...
Arts, books, and music / community meetings / Events / flood protection and drainage / Land Use & Development / things to do
by Gentilly Messenger · Published September 11, 2020
By Jesse Baum, Gentilly Messenger The St. Anthony Green Streets Project has begun another series of public events, half a sequence of Zoom meetings and presentations and half a pop-up self-guided tour of the project area. From Sept. 10 to...
Land Use & Development / neighborhood groups / recognition
by Katherine Hart · Published July 13, 2020
A one-square-mile midcentury subdivision in Gentilly now has a major distinction. Pontchartrain Park is on the National Register of Historic Places, the “official list of the nation’s historic places worthy of preservation.” The neighborhood — among the earliest planned...
City Government / Health and Wellness / Land Use & Development
by Gentilly Messenger · Published June 20, 2020
The Council approved a legislative grouping requesting a conditional use and zoning change to permit the proposed veterans’ wellness facility on Mirabeau Avenue. The proposed facility, adjacent to the Bastion Community of Resilience, a residential center, would provide holistic care...
