I recently came across an interesting article in New Orleans’ Times-Picayune newspaper about the possibility of an urban rennaissance on the now-derelict Tulane Avenue corridor.
Well, maybe it’s not so interesting to most people, but it just so happens that Brendan and I spent a good chunk of our time working in the surrounding neighborhood in 2006, and I have to say I’m a little skeptical. The article sort of skims over the issue, but we’re talking some serious blight that I, for one, would have to learn to ignore before considering an over-priced condo. To wit:
The Economy Motor Lodge: well, it actually burned down a few years ago, but check out the reviews of this place. Seriously entertaining, if it weren’t so scary.
Orleans Parish Prison: by some accounts, the largest urban jail in the entire United States. Right outside one of those nice new plate glass windows if yours. For real.
I guess if San Francisco’s Tenderloin can be re-dubbed “Little Saigon” anything is possible. But still . . .
