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re: Is the Bywater area in New Orleans (where Joint BBQ is located) safe?
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:24 am to ibldprplgld
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:24 am to ibldprplgld
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The area now known as Bywater was mostly plantation land in the colonial era, with significant residential development beginning the first decade of the 19th century as part of what was known as "Faubourg Washington," part of the predominantly Francophone "downtown" section of New Orleans. Many people from France, Spain, and the French Caribbean settled here. During the century, it grew with both white Creoles of French and Spanish descent, as well as mixed-race Creoles of French, Spanish, African, and Native American descent. They were also joined by immigrants from Germany, Italy, and Ireland.
Bywater is home to the site at which Homer Plessy was removed from an East Louisiana Railroad car for violating the separate car act, an event that resulted in the Plessy v. Ferguson case and the legal doctrine of "separate but equal." Today, a historical marker stands at the intersection of Press Street and Royal Street to commemorate the event.[6]
There was little distinction between this area and what became known as the Lower 9th Ward until the Industrial Canal was dredged in the early 20th century, dividing the two.
A generation knew the area as the "Upper 9th Ward," but as other parts of the 9th Ward above the Canal farther from the River became developed, a more specific name was needed. Inspired by the local telephone exchange designation of Bywater, which fit the neighborhood's proximity to the River and the Canal, the neighborhood was known as "Bywater" by the 1940s.
Real estate development and speculation surrounding the 1984 Louisiana World Exposition prompted many long-term French Quarter residents to move down river, at first into Marigny. By the late 1990s the bohemian, artistic type of communities such as were found in the French Quarter mid-20th century had spread to Bywater, and many long-neglected 19th-century houses began to be refurbished.
Bywater and neighboring Faubourg Marigny are two of the most colorful neighborhoods in the city. The architectural styles borrow heavily from the colonial French and Spanish and have elements of the Caribbean. This blending over the last three centuries has resulted in an architectural style unique to the city of New Orleans.
As the section of Bywater on the River side of St. Claude Avenue was one of the few portions of the 9th Ward to escape major flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, it has made steady progress toward recovery, more so than many other parts of the city.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:26 am to theunknownknight
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What are my best parking options? I’ll probably have my little stallions with me.
Anywhere on that nearly empty block.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:26 am to ellishughtiger
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Do you say the Uptown or Uptown
Do you say The Mid City or Mid City?
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:27 am to theunknownknight
Buddy of mine got robbed at gunpoint somewhere around there. He didn't die though so for New Orleans it's relatively safe.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:29 am to tgrbaitn08
I just say Mid City breh
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:36 am to theunknownknight
OT safe or reasonable person safe? In the OT, the only safe place in the metro area is a two square mile portion of Covington.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:39 am to Demshoes
Don’t forget about Juban Crossing and CCLA
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:43 am to LSUFanHouston
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Bywater today is 50% gay men and 50% hipsters.
It's also 50% AirBnB tourons.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:46 am to LSUFanHouston
never had an issue parking by the joint
wtf. weirdest complaint ever
wtf. weirdest complaint ever
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:47 am to tgrbaitn08
woke people say bywater. that facts
"the" is for the unwoke
"the" is for the unwoke
Posted on 6/11/19 at 11:06 am to theunknownknight
The brisket at The Joint is so good, it's worth the risk.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 11:07 am to The Boat
I've never heard the term "white teapot" but that map is very accurate.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 11:09 am to Mr Perfect
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never had an issue parking by the joint
wtf. weirdest complaint ever
Parking in the evenings can get pretty tight around there. By tight I mean having to park up to 3 blocks away.
Not the end of the world, but no parking lot either.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 11:12 am to theunknownknight
It's New Orleans so...
Posted on 6/11/19 at 11:14 am to fightin tigers
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What are my best parking options? I’ll probably have my little stallions with me.
Anywhere on that nearly empty block.
FT knows of what he speaks
Posted on 6/11/19 at 11:16 am to LSUFanHouston
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Parking in the evenings can get pretty tight around there. By tight I mean having to park up to 3 blocks away.
1.5 blocks away is a huge parking lot for Crescent Park, so I'm not sure how people are having a problem parking around there.
Also, Tuesday is pastrami day at The Joint.
This post was edited on 6/11/19 at 11:17 am
Posted on 6/11/19 at 11:16 am to LSUFanHouston
the entire block is empty. and it's right by the river with an empty lot
weirdest thing I've read fr
weirdest thing I've read fr
Posted on 6/11/19 at 11:19 am to Mr Perfect
Maybe they are from the future when the new development has been completed.
Posted on 6/11/19 at 11:21 am to Mr Perfect
also if I'm coming to New Orleans for a rare visit. the joint one of the last options I'm choosing anyways
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