Comments on: To Do Today - New Orleans Wiki

By: Sophmom

Sophmom — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 20:21:28 +0000

Gosh, are ya’ll talking about the new Fortune article? I thought it was dead spot on the money. Sad, but nonetheless true. *sigh*

Ryan, these fine folks have been so generous and accepting to this particular out-of-towner. I have slight (very slight) cred by being the mother of a NOLA resident (Loyola student), and having visited five times in the 16 months before the storm and the flood, but mostly, I’m like you in that I haven’t been able to take my eyes or heart from the city since Friday, August 26, 2005. It sort of reminds me of Richard Dreyfuss et al in “Close Encounters…” except that instead of building models and drawing pictures of the object of our obsession, we’re blogging about it.

Peace.

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 16:15:19 +0000

That article made me furious. I’m trying to digest all the geographic information in that article too so I’m coming up to speed, but I want to punch someone after reading that. Counter-productive, I know, but damn, someone deserves a broken nose.

By: Becky

Becky — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:36:44 +0000

Hi Ryan, Thanks for joining us! The help is much appreciated, and so is an out of town perspective. Karen is the maven on all the boards, committees, etc. and all their relationships. For a little interesting background on the BNOB, GentillyGirl posted a link to a long article in Fortune that contains some of the BNOB’s timeline and the planners and plans they went through. Might help put some names in context.

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:45:56 +0000

Have any of the developers tipped their hands with proposals for how they want to use the land?

New Orleans in April sound like fun… now I have to convince someone else to go.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 13:28:08 +0000

bingo
and land use is juicy cause that is where the green space concept started. And the green space did not always follow the land elevation. That is, the lower 9th Ward is not lower.

When I rebuild the lower part of my house..You can come stay for jazz Fest, with friends !

By: ryan

ryan — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 03:00:33 +0000

I’m going to need a little help with that one. In searching through thinknola, I’m finding a few of the neighborhood proposals with land use provisions, so I’m guessing the “juicy” part comes from conflicts with how developers want to use that land. Is there a resource for the proposed development solutions that I’m missing?

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 02:17:35 +0000

Land Use is the juicy one.

By: NorthWest Carrollton » BNOB

NorthWest Carrollton » BNOB — Fri, 11 Aug 2006 01:58:50 +0000

[...] Where oh where did the BNOB go? And maybe the only way to find out is to do what Ryan is doing. Look. And write it down and look some more. [...]