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11/19/2014

European wine bar coming to Magazine Street. Meet the "M":

Speakeasy-style wine bar and brasserie planned for Magazine Street in the Lower Garden District Posted by Robert Morris at 5:09 pm business, neighborhood groups Nov 182014 Banks McClintock and Julie Simpson plan a European-style speakeasy and wine bar at 1330 Magazine Street. (Robert Morris, Upt…

09/18/2014

Prytania Park hotel slated for major expansion into 200-room “Avenue Oaks Hotel” Posted by Robert Morris at 11:53 am business, city government, neighborhood groups Sep 162014 A conceptual drawing of Phase I of the Avenue Oaks Hotel on St. Charles at Melpomene. (courtesy of Wayne Troyer, Studio W…

09/15/2014

New Orleans Southern Rep and a second boutique hotel are moving into the neighborhood on St Charles and Melpomene filling in a parking lot.

08/20/2014

Here's what the courtyard used to look like. January 14, 1012.

06/17/2014

Cool beans on Erato!

French Truck coffee moving to Magazine; Courtyard Brewery opening soon and Barrel Proof to add food Posted by Robert Morris at 11:57 am business, Featured, food and drinkJun172014 The future location of French Truck coffee on Magazine Street at the corner of Erato. (Robert Morris, UptownMessenger.co…

06/13/2014

For when August hots up ...

Considering the latest developments, the nano-brewery plans to open in early August.

06/07/2014

New things coming in the LGD

The French Market may be the oldest continuously running public market, but it is only one of many that were once scattered throughout New Orleans’ ethnic neighborhoods. In the mid-1800s, the city had more open-air public markets than any other …

05/21/2014

This will affect all of us. New proposals for the expansion of the Convention Center into our neighborhood.

New Orleans Convention Center readying plans for major upriver expansion Posted by Robert Morris at 11:35 am business, city government, Featured, state governmentMay212014 A conceptual drawing of the upriver expansion of the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center (via mccno.com)The Ernest N. Morial Conv…

03/18/2014

Warning. Armed robbery on Coliseum Square.

Armed robberies reported on South Claiborne and near Coliseum Square Posted by Robert Morris at 10:40 am crime, public safetyMar182014 (map via NOPD)A man walking near Coliseum Square was robbed at gunpoint Monday evening, and another man walking on South Claiborne was robbed a few hours later, New…

02/26/2014

Esquire Magazine, in this piece on barber Aidan Gill, calls our 'hood "trendy."

If you're visiting The Big Easy, make sure to stop by gentleman's shop Aidan Gill.

02/26/2014

On a shady Lower Garden District Street, the wood frame of a two-story building sags, threatening to fall into the street. A sign dangles from a thin yellow rope, warning passersby to "beware of falling debris." Blighted buildings are hardly...

02/25/2014

NOLA Smokehouse, new restaurant opening on Jackson and Magazine:

  NOLA Smokehouse (739 Jackson Ave.; www.nolasmokehouse.com) opens March 8 on Jackson Avenue near Magazine Street. Chef Rob Bechtold and his wife Emily will serve the...