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Originally Posted by ardecila
Damn, Segun does NOLA. Never thought I'd see the day. Every photo is great. I know it's not your style to talk about the experiences behind the photos, but I'm curious to know what you thought about the city compared to other struggling places (Detroit, Cleveland, parts of Philly, etc).
You also made the skyline look BIG, which I thought was impossible until now.  I've never really looked at the skyline from the High Rise before.
The asbestos removal, yes. The condos, no. |
New Orleans has so much potential. The French quarter is a given as one of the US's most thorough urban neighborhoods, though it could use some more "everyday" businesses. But even outside the quarter, many neighborhoods have the right combination of foilage, architecture, shade, colors and storefronts to create a perfect urban network. In certain areas you feel it, but can't help thinking: "I really can't stray too far".
The French Quarter is very similar to Old Montreal. It even somewhat resides in the same respective location, and features similar squares. Bourbon St at night is 10 times wilder than anything in Montreal though, its the wildest street I've ever seen, even edging out those in London. With all the Girls Gone Wild/Cops videos I've seen, I was skeptical of its authenticity, but it didn't dissapoint. Whats not really shown under the surface of all that stupid behavior is the great diverse music you can hear for no cover charge at most spots. Downtown is also gentrifying pretty quickly. Even though I haven't been there before, I've seen pictures of canal street from a few years ago that look vastly different.
I usually do these trips with headphones on, so I'm not in to meeting people, but the people I did meet were friendly and had good senses of humour. Anybody I met drunk is off the record.
How does it compare to Cleveland, Detroit, Philly? Some of the neighborhoods had a certain Philly aesthetic to them. Its hard to explain without being on the streets. Maybe its the narrow streets with shotgun houses and murals being similar to the narrow streets with rowhouses and murals. When I look at the Olmstead-esque medians lined with buildings of ornate architectual significance, it lends itself to comparison with some of the older northern cities also. The devestation is pretty bad, but quite frankly is no worse than what I've seen in parts of Detroit and Gary. I'm not that familiar with cleveland.
On another note, I heard about 5 songs with "Who Dat" in them, and they were all corny as hell. Cmon New Orleans you can do better than that!
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