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Foburg, a brand new 3-day alternative music festival held in 8 or more venues on and around Frenchmen Street on March 12-14, 2010. Foburg will feature rock, indie rock, and alternative artists from the greater Gulf South and national touring artists on their way to SXSW in Austin, TX, which is the following week.
More info via foburgneworleans.com
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Nice map of Faubourg St. John from 1877
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The Marigny has a longer run of renaissance, and some folks in the Marigny look down upon the Johnny come lately Bywater. That’s just real estate snobbery as far as I am concerned because both have a great deal in common and share the same appeal.
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Advanced plans for the development of a riverfront park from the Marigny to Bywater were unveiled last night. Three of world's top architects presented their final plans for Phase One of 'Reinventing the Crescent.' The first phase is a downriver park with public open space from the Marigny to Bywater.
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The first phase will transform the area between Esplanade Avenue and Mazant Street. Now a gritty industrial zone marred by burned-out cargo docks, the area is set to become verdant green space replete with bike paths, pavilions, two piers and even electricity-generating windmills. If everything goes according to plan, the park will open in 2011. READ STORY
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The merchants and Residents of Faubourg St. John jointly present a festive neighborhood street fair
Saturday, December 13, 2008
3pm - 8pm
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Stroll Bourbon Street morning, noon and especially night, and you're sure to see the unusual. But aside from one or two clubs and the occasional Dixieland parade, the music you'll hear is generic. Instead, head over to Faubourg Marigny where off-work musicians and locals convene to hear the cultural gumbo of the Big Easy - jazz, blues, zydeco, klezmer and more. READ STORY
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If a preponderance of coffee shops says anything about a neighborhood’s vitality, the Marigny’s expanding list of caffeine vendors screams of the growing desirability of the quirky community downriver from the French Quarter. Part of the allure is the relative affordability of the Marigny and adjacent Bywater, neighborhoods that have long been a draw for artists and other creative types attracted by the free-spirited character of the districts just outside the higher-priced French Quarter. READ STORY
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This would add to the grocery company’s expanding roster of New Orleans stores. Rouses last year bought 18 Sav-A-Center and A&P stores in the New Orleans area, including stores Uptown, in Mid-City and in the French Quarter. READ STORY
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What a surprise to read an article in the Times Picayune on our old neighborhood, and featuring who else but Miss Irma! :)
THE NEIGHBORHOOD: A sliver of Faubourg St. John (in the Esplanade Ridge Historic District) snuggled up to the Fair Grounds Racetrack and wedged between the cemeteries and Esplanade Avenue. This small enclave includes three short streets -- Verna, Marie and Leda -- all carved from the extensive grounds of the landmark Luling Mansion ... READ the entire Article on nola.com
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