Comments on: “…All the Savoir Faire of the Old School…” http://www.mybigeasylife.com/archives/2008/12/18/all-the-savoie-faire-of-the-old-school/ A Festival of NOLA Knowledge Obscure. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:15:19 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: rcs http://www.mybigeasylife.com/archives/2008/12/18/all-the-savoie-faire-of-the-old-school/comment-page-1/#comment-540 rcs Fri, 09 Jan 2009 22:48:49 +0000 http://www.mybigeasylife.com/?p=521#comment-540 ... that address is now a parking lot at the downtown riverside corner of Polymnia, surrounded by empty lots and abandoned buildings, your basic Central City shithole of an area. Those lots are used for parking by (politically-connected and parasitic) New Hope Ministries in the 1600 block, who most probably razed the houses standing there (including your ancestor's.) They're filled during Wednesday and Sunday services. Other buildings on that side of Carondelet were razed for parking by restaurants on St. Charles in the late 90s. A shame that the area is so poorly used; that section of Central City was a densely-packed mixed-use district until the 60s. … that address is now a parking lot at the downtown riverside corner of Polymnia, surrounded by empty lots and abandoned buildings, your basic Central City shithole of an area.

Those lots are used for parking by (politically-connected and parasitic) New Hope Ministries in the 1600 block, who most probably razed the houses standing there (including your ancestor’s.) They’re filled during Wednesday and Sunday services.

Other buildings on that side of Carondelet were razed for parking by restaurants on St. Charles in the late 90s. A shame that the area is so poorly used; that section of Central City was a densely-packed mixed-use district until the 60s.

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