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saintseester

It's sad that bidness and heritage don't mix well, unless there is a big government preservation grant involved.

Mr. Clio

Spot on, Sir Ashley.

Another sleeze-factor about bidnessmen is that they're for competition and the free market, in SOMEONE ELSE'S industry. They don't like competition in their own industry. They want the quick no-bid contract, the sure thing set up by their lobbyists.

Gubmint is being run as a business, which means you and I NEVER get called about driving a bus to safety for old or sick people in our neighborhood in the event of an evacuation. No one is asked to act as a citizen. We are expected to be self-interested customers.

The secret to successful societies is the free labor and acts of courage provided by citizens who stand ready to sacrifice. Failed societies are characterized by human beings who become clients/customers.

Gee, which one does America resemble?

We in NOLA have a shot to show how it's done.

gentilly rick

hey ash. i am glad your posting often again. i was jonesing for some food for thought.

the one thing i keep seing in all these great new orleans blogs is the dunay seaside conection equals a bad thing.

first of all i am a home owner in gentilly and second ive been to seaside and yes it is bland as hell ala disneyworld. my thought on this matter is that no one in new orleans would allow that blandness to adhere.

the curent stripmalls in my hood remind me of my childhood in the burbs.

whats wrong with some pedestrian friendly retail?

trust me we would never go all seaside over here in the eight ward. this is the coolest neighborhood in the city.

i think we could be the petri dish for this whole new urbanism crap or what ever its called we could show the rest of the country how to do it right. we have to much invested in our neighborhood to let it become some kind of disney joint but we wouldnt mind a little sprucing up.

ashley

Rick, you're pretty dead on. My point is that it's up to the residents, not the developers.

I'm all for pedestrian friendly *anything*. My European wife could not believe all the places that don't have sidewalks in the US. I'm with her -- walking to the store, the school, the bar -- that's a very good thing.

The problem, as I see it, is when the developers dictate, and override the voice of the people. I haven't been to the "charrettes", so I don't know how that stuff has been presented, but as long as the people are behind it, I'm for it.

ashley

And Mr. Clio, you're on the money. Maybe we can go back to da day where neighbors watched out for other neighbors.

To put that mroe formally, I think we ought to get to the point where some schmuck like me could volunteer to be a bus driver to evac some non-ambulatory types in my neighborhood.

This whole neighborhood thing is something that Landrieu is plugging in his campaign, and I think it's a great idea.

Just wondering

Have you seen the bgr.org website in regards to the City Council contract?? 3.5 million and we get the bidness again...bend over

gentilly rick

thanks for reponding with your thoughts. it just reafirms my gut instict that you are a good man with a passion that we need in our corner.


looking forward to the day i actually get to meet you.

gentilly rick.

GentillyGirl

Ashley,

Your points are well made.

I would just like to say thet these charrettes and planning group's OPINIONS are just that. It will be up to the folks of an area to decide what they like, what they don't, and what they really want.

As each area of the city gets their plans together, there will be another evalution level where we come to a median view. This will be done by the citizens, not the City Govment'. If all of these Associations take the route of the View Carre, they will become more influential in the entire rebuilding process.

WE ultimately control our Future. Never forget that.

john

Ashley -

I was part of the Gentilly charrette and also Town Architect of Seaside in 1986 (back when lots cost $11,000).

NO ONE involved in the charrette wants Gentilly to be Seaside, and even if we did, it wouldn't matter. We've left town and the residents of Gentilly are still there -- and they're the ones who will decide what to do.

When the plan comes out, you will see that we've proposed that planning decisions be made at the neighborhood level, not by the mayor or the city council. With all due respect to them, we did more for Gentilly in a week than they had done in 7 months. It's time to put decisions in the hands of the citizens.

Last but not least, we don't design like the Dean of Tulane, who would put one of those cool green zigzags wherever he happened to be working. And we don't put Seaside in Gentilly, Gentilly in Marigny, or the Quarter in Seaside. Everything in its place, with the locals leading the discussion.

John

john

PS: The architect of the Katrina Cottage you like was also at the charrette.

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Adeline

i've been wanting to know foreevr how is the treme district doing? that's where the color of violence conference was, and i've been doing some fundraising for the women's center being created down there i just gotta know, how's it doing? i've not asked anybody for so long because i just didn't think i could hear it if it was ripped up too badly, but now that i know that there's so much radical fighting going on, i can hear it, you know?ps. i've tried to keep my mouth shut on nagin, as he's not my mayor, and i don't want to add any fuel to the fire, but if he were my mayor, i don't think i'd be too happy with the man

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