New Orleans is a beautiful city. But very little of that beauty is natural. Even our magnificent parks and tree lined avenues are planned and planted. Mostly, when we talk about the beauty of New Orleans, we’re talking about buildings. Almost every commercial building has some sort of art-work on it. We don’t typically refer to…
Read MoreIf we ever get to Mars, man’s journey will begin in New Orleans East. Cindy Manto’s fascinating new book, imaginatively titled Michoud Assembly Facility, tells the story of the piece of dirt off of the I-10 that started off as a land grant from Louis XV of France. In the 1940’s Michoud was the site…
Read MoreThink back if you can, to a time when you were a kid and your parents were called to school to talk about your progress in the classroom, or about disciplinary problems on the playground. And try and imagine what it would have been like if your parents didn’t speak English and the school admin…
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