Levee Disaster Bike Tour 2013
This bike tour will begin at the parking lot of City Park Boat and Bike Rentals at Big Lake Trail. Taking safe biking routes, we will bike to the London Avenue Canal breach (5300 Warrington Drive) in the Filmore Gardens neighborhood of Gentilly and hear a short discussion of the breach disaster. We will visit a pump station and then bike along Lake Pontchartrain to the 17th Street Canal breach (6932 Bellaire Drive) in the Lakeview neighborhood and hear another short discussion of the [...]
Lafitte Greenway Gallivant
. New Orleans: Lafitte Greenway Gallivant The Lafitte Greenway Gallivant will lead Jane’s Walkers on an exploration of the future Lafitte Corridor. The planned urban pathway endeavors to reconnect New Orleans vibrant neighborhoods and revive one of the city’s historic transportation routes. The walk will provide a platform to discuss local businesses, housing and transportation infrastructure, potential for growth as well as the challenges we face as a community in developing the Lafitte Greenway. This informational walk also serves to illuminate [...]
New Orleans: Portage Roll
. New Orleans: Portage Roll The portage road was the earliest path from the river to the lake, and was used by the Native Americans before the French began exploring the area. With the coming of the French colonizers it became the main road for bringing supplies and people to the new settlement on the Mississippi. During the late 1700′s and first half of the 1800′s, it became the fashionable road of the area, along which many lovely homes were [...]
Levee Disaster Bike Tour
. New Orleans, LA: Levee Disaster Bike Tour This bike tour will begin at the City Park Boat and Bike Rentals at Big Lake Trail. Taking safe, marked biking routes, we will bike to the 17th Street Canal breach (6932 Bellaire Drive) and hear a short history of the breach disaster. Then we will bike through the Lakeview neighborhood, through beautiful City Park to the London Avenue Canal breach (5300 Warrington Drive) in the Filmore Gardens neighborhood of Gentilly. Again, [...]
Luck of the Irish
. Luck of the Irish: a Walking Tour of the Irish Channel Neighborhood This walking discussion will cover the people, places and current improvement efforts of the Irish Channel–one of the most racially and economically diverse neighborhoods in New Orleans. This neighborhood is conveniently sandwiched between shops, restaurants and bars which line Magazine Street and the Port of New Orleans. Light industrial businesses pepper the neighborhood including NOLA Brewery and the Turnbull Bakery Melba Toast factory. Churches, schools and parks [...]
Oak Street Jane Jacobs Walk
This Jane’s Walk will travel down the commercial corridor of Oak Street from Carrollton to the Mississippi River Levee Park and then back up Oak to Carrollton. Discussion will range from the history of Oak Street to recent development since hurricane Katrina and will also cover the current life and culture on Oak Street. This walk promises to give a picture of a historic yet thriving and developing urban main street. Click here to view a larger map. Time: 9:00am-10:00am Date: Sunday May 6, 2012 Route: [...]
Freretian Walking Tour
. Freretian Walking Tour Start your Jazzfest Saturday on Freret Street seeing the work of Jane Jacobs in action. The guided tour starts at 9AM in front of Village Coffee (5335 Freret Street – on the corner of Freret and Jefferson) and ends at 10 am at High Hat Café (4500 Freret). Led by neighborhood residents and business owners- topics covered will include: a brief history of the area, small business development, zoning, blight, green + new construction techniques, building [...]
