By Lucille Roemer On January 18, 1914, a newspaper announced, “the Broadmoor Improvement Association has been organized by the residents of the new subdivision at the intersection of Napoleon and Broad streets.” By December of 1914, land for Broadmoor Park, “at the turn of Napoleon Avenue and Broad Street,” had been donated to the city… Read More Broadmoor Came Back
By Rebecca Krause Nineteen-year-old Cavren Sims saunters around Liberty’s Kitchen like she owns the place. This is quite the feat for someone who first arrived here two months ago, quiet, overwhelmed, unemployed, and pregnant. “I came in, did three weeks of orientation, and ever since then Liberty’s Kitchen is like home,” Cavren says. “Since I’ve… Read More Liberty’s Home
By Stephanie Wartelle Little known outside of the Hispanic community, the Congress of Day Laborers (Congreso) situated on S. Miro Street is a community whose weekly gathering seems like a huge celebration. The smell of meat cooking and tortillas baking wafts from a barbeque pit outside, and children run around their mom’s feet playing soccer… Read More The New New Orleanians: A Growing Population’s Fight for Rights in New Orleans
By Jessica Linde Orleans Parish Prison (OPP) may seem like a normal prison on the outside, but its unexpected truth lies on the inside. OPP had maintained a reputation based on its cruelty and lack of security toward inmates. Even before Hurricane Katrina immensely damaged the jail, OPP had already been recognized for its… Read More Everything is not what it seems
By Andrea Vega-Hazas Martí Nowhere in America is jazz music more authentically celebrated than in New Orleans. Nowhere in the world is the power of the trumpets, the rumbling tune of the tubas, and the melodies of the clarinet more magically reinvented than at Preservation Hall. Tom Sancton, who learned the clarinet from old members… Read More The Church of Jazz
By Rubi Ferras The pulse of Jackson Square permeates through the entirety of the French Quarter. Rhythms, words, illustrations and spirits encompass the perimeter entirely. Unsurprisingly, as part of this network of lives there are scattered semi-permanent fixtures; the population ranges from brass bands, guitarists, tarot card readers, artist, locals, commuters, and vagrants. However, these… Read More Jackson Square: It’s Alive
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