steve in nola

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meeting with xavier students at the art center.

quick note: meeting with the community groups.

gotta go to jacque imo’s when i head back to new orleans! world’s greatest fried chicken.

… on frenchman

i used to live here and i’m curious about what’s going on in the neighborhood.

Larry Knight impressed me because of his spirit. His home had been destroyed in one of the poorer parts of New Orleans (Ninth Ward), but he was taking it all in stride - rebuilding his home. Gave me great optimism for the future and he gives his view of what people in New Orleans need. He’d actually like to start a business helping people rebuild.

from: http://www.podtech.net/scobleshow/technology/1303/rebuilding-in-new-orleans

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i’m getting closer to heading back to new orleans for the first time since the hurricane and i just finished the first iteration of the ny2no.net blog map, look here: http://ny2no.net/map

part of my inspiration for doing the blog map extends from conversations with family and friends who have returned to new orleans since the hurricane. in these conversations i would always find myself always asking for a report by neighborhood. “how’s uptown?”, “is les bon temps open?”, “what about carrolton”, “how’s midcity? did they ever find a owner for the little whole foods.” so i thought it would be interesting to see the entries from the different ny2no blogs posted on a map by their location. this would allow visitors to see where the different voices of the city are coming from and what they are dealing with. a good example of this are the first set of entries i posted. they tended to lean more towards uptown for leisure, entertainment and the things i remember from new orleans that i know that’s currently open or available. While the more you look east more of the posts were more about recovery and the lack of help for rebuilding.

i’m still tweaking the map but if you check it out you should see this post at my old house in new orleans.

Mr. Ollie Jackson, 85 year old New Orleans East Senior Citizen who stayed during hurricanes Katrina and Rita with no government aid for 5 months and counting. Click Image to Download the Video UPDATE: January 18, 2007 SCREENING at the Modern Museum of Art, NYC Documentary Fortnight February 2007 W/ other New Orleans shorts sponsored by Third […]

from: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/NO-TV/~3/77613207/

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The time is counting down before we fly to New Orleans, actually going faster considering day light saving!  I’ve been so busy trying to wrap things before I go I haven’t even had a chance to get excited, I’ve been mostly nervous.

More to come later once I finish the NY2NO mapping project.