Flap over Magazine Street Pilates center prompts city to shape up...
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | Once it opens, the new Romney Pilate Center on upper Magazine Street […]
View Article… and put in a parking lot: Mansion gives way to yet more macadam
With owners claiming Katrina damage, this architecturally eclectic structure on Prytania Street near Touro Hospital was demolished on Thanksgiving Day […]
View ArticleRock 'n Bowl seeks tear-down permits
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | To paraphrase the golden oldie: “Rock ‘n Bowl is Here to Stay” – the trendy bowling alley and live music venue, that is. Not only has Rock ‘n Bowl survived its...
View ArticlePoliticians side with parents asking review of plans to put KIPP charter at...
By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer | After weeks of heated debate over the future of Charles J. Colton Middle School on St. Claude Avenue, city and state elected officials are asking that...
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'Reinventing' New Orleans? Landrieu team steers dwindling recovery dollars to...
Despite Mayor Mitch Landrieu's lofty rhetoric about reinventing the New Orleans, most discretionary federal grant money is going toward rebuilding streets and buildings. The post 'Reinventing' New...
View ArticleCity Council hops aboard plan to extend streetcar service to Bywater's far edge
By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer | The City Council is throwing its weight behind Bywater residents and businesses calling on the Regional Transit Authority to expand streetcar service to the...
View ArticleWilhelm Schnitzel Fallacy (?) cited by tea shop proprietor seeking...
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | Many, varied – and sometimes imaginative — are the arguments raised on behalf of zoning variances sought from the City Planning Commission. There’s the...
View ArticleStar turn for Central City bar – but can it still operate legally as the...
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | And this week the award for most creative argument in support of a zoning decision goes to attorney Ed Washington. Washington’s mission was not a simple one,...
View ArticleNeighborhood Participation Plan cranking up after three years stuck in neutral
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | Three years after New Orleans voters approved a necessary charter change, City Hall is finally getting around to implementing the so-called Neighborhood...
View ArticleGrocer forging ahead with plans to resurrect Seventh Ward's iconic Circle...
By Ariella Cohen, The Lens staff writer It was the place to go if you wanted to put food on the table, a uniform on your child or even a doctor’s eye on that lingering ear infection. Best known as a...
View ArticleBlight worsened by housing preservation program, Hoffman Triangle residents say
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | Hoffman Triangle residents thought they were getting a handle on the blight problem that has gripped their community since Hurricane Katrina. A small...
View ArticlePlans for Central City reception hall pit cousin against cousin at hearing on...
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | An after-the-fact request for a zoning change pitted cousin against cousin this week at the City Planning Commission meeting. According to developer Earl...
View ArticleNeighbors prevail as city strips permit from Treme mansion's oversized pool...
By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | The last thing Treme resident Stephen Kennedy expected was to be handcuffed by the police in his own back yard. But that’s exactly what happened as he built a...
View ArticleTulane quest to rezone 'peripheral' properties dominates Master Plan hearing
The Planning Commission as well as the general public logged late hours at City Hall Tuesday night. The occasion was an Amendments to the Master Plan meeting, and while it kicked off smartly at 6 p.m.,...
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