City Government / flood protection and drainage
by Katherine Hart · Published April 25, 2021 · Last modified April 26, 2021
City officials gathered in Pontchartrain Park on Wednesday to mark the end of Phase 1 of the Pontilly Neighborhood Stormwater Network construction. Neighbors, whether they were at the ceremony or not, were also celebrating the fact that, after five straight...
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...
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 / COVID-19 / flood protection and drainage / Traffic & Construction
by Katherine Hart · Published May 8, 2020
City officials celebrated the completion Tuesday of the Filmore North Group A roadwork project in Gentilly’s Filmore neighborhood. The project included drainage and street repairs to 25 streets, comprising more than 60 blocks between Robert E. Lee Boulevard and Mirabeau...
Arts, books, and music / Environment & Coast Preservation / things to do
by Katherine Hart · Published November 25, 2019
If you go to “Inventing Acadia: Painting and Place in Louisiana,” at the New Orleans Museum of Art, expecting to see lush images of cypress trees reflected in waterways and silhouetted against sunsets, you won’t be disappointed. All that and...
Cars again filled neutral grounds as commuters again navigated their routes to avoid flooded streets on Monday, when 3 to 5 inches of rain fell in a matter of hours. And again, cars stalled, traffic slowed or stopped, and businesses...
City Government / community meetings / neighborhood groups
by Katherine Hart · Published August 14, 2019
The notices from the Orleans Parish Assessor’s Office that hit mailboxes in July set off distress alarms in households across the city. Among the neighborhoods severely affected by the steep rise in assessed home values is the Fairgrounds Triangle area...
Environment & Coast Preservation / Featured / neighborhood groups / Parks & Recreation
by Katherine Hart · Published June 10, 2019 · Last modified June 12, 2019
Giant salvinia is back in Bayou St. John. The invasive aquatic fern is floating around in patches, sending a neighborhood band of salvinia fighters into action. The group is planning a cleanup for June 15, a summer rendition of the...
City Government / Featured / flood protection and drainage
by Katherine Hart · Published May 24, 2019 · Last modified June 3, 2019
The City Council approved ordinances on Thursday affirming its commitment to two Gentilly stormwater management projects, one in Pontilly and another in Oak Park. Both projects create or improve “green” infrastructure to help the neighborhoods drain during deluges. They are...
The St. Joseph’s altar is one of those Catholic traditions, in this case a Sicilian Catholic tradition, that, through some very creative adaption, south Louisiana has made its own. Among all the breads and cakes shaped into religious symbols —...
City Government / Land Use & Development
by Katherine Hart · Published January 30, 2019 · Last modified January 29, 2019
A nearly two-decade-long effort to open an oral surgery office on Gentilly Boulevard was blocked Thursday when the City Council voted down a request for a zoning change. Since 2001, when David G. Millaud, a dentist specializing in maxillofacial surgery,...
The sudden appearance of nine young woman in soccer uniforms, mid-stretch and mid-conversation, marks the beginning of “The Wolves.” Oh, wait, it seems there are two conversations, one on the sentencing of a former Khmer Rouge leader for war crimes...
