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re: Causeway in 1956 compared to now.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 10:45 am to phutureisyic
Posted on 5/17/19 at 10:45 am to phutureisyic
quote:no, that’s a water tower
Is that the Landmark Hotel in both pictures?
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Posted on 5/17/19 at 10:45 am to GEAUXmedic
No toll box heading to the northshore anymore.
It should be the other way around. Who wants to go to the south shore and get killed.
It should be the other way around. Who wants to go to the south shore and get killed.
This post was edited on 5/17/19 at 10:46 am
Posted on 5/17/19 at 10:47 am to fightin tigers
I think the picture on the left is from the day the causeway opened in 1956. The line of cars is all of the people waiting to make the first trip across the bridge.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 10:58 am to bee Rye
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I see you are on the New Orleans subreddit
Posted on 5/17/19 at 11:19 am to phutureisyic
It's the water tower off I-10
Posted on 5/17/19 at 11:28 am to Draconian Sanctions
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So Metry was an empty field in the 50’s?
Pretty much. Same with St. Bernard. They had one road into the lower end of the Parish and it was the old St. Bernard Hwy. that started in Arabi and went down the road to Hopedale, Shell Beach, etc.
It wasn't until the 60's when they cut in what is now Judge Perez Dr., only back then it was called "Good Children".
Most of what is now developed along that stretch was done so since the 60's onward.
I remember hunting and crawfishing in what is now Buccaneer Villa.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 11:33 am to gumbo2176
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Most of what is now developed along that stretch was done so since the 60's onward.
White flight?
Posted on 5/17/19 at 11:40 am to TigerNlc
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White flight?
That's pretty much what it was attributed to. Expansion of Metairie and St. Bernard due to whites leaving N.O. in droves, especially from the lower middle class neighborhoods.
I lived in the Lower 9th from 52 to 70 when I left and went out of state for work right after high school and a lot of the folks I knew as a kid had already moved out by then, and as they moved out, the black families moved in.
ETA: This is how I remember the Lower 9th Ward when I was a kid.
From the Industrial Canal to the Parish line in Arabi and from St. Claude to the River, it was probably 80+% white. There was a small section around Forstall, Lizardi, Reynes St. that had their share of black family renters.
From St. Claude to Claiborne was mixed but more black families than white and from Claiborne to Florida Ave. it was predominantly black.
When houses that was rented by a white family in the 60's became available, it was almost always rented by a black family.
This post was edited on 5/17/19 at 11:49 am
Posted on 5/17/19 at 11:52 am to TigerNlc
To a certain extent, however, the G.I. Bill played a role in this, as well. In Greater New Orleans, especially, G. I. Bill funds could not be used to renovate existing housing, and more than a few veterans coming back from World War II and through the 1950s did try to renovate in their old neighborhoods and were refused.
Thus Metairie, Chalmette, "back of" Harvey, Marrero, Gretna, the development of Terrytown all sprung up.
Thus Metairie, Chalmette, "back of" Harvey, Marrero, Gretna, the development of Terrytown all sprung up.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 5:52 pm to GEAUXmedic
Is there somewhere that has a large collection of old pictures around south Louisiana? Just like pictures of around New Orleans / Baton Rouge. This just has me interested in how things have changed in the last 25, 50, 100 years.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 7:56 pm to Chad504boy
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those guys haven't moved an inch in fifty years.
Seems about right.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 8:17 pm to patchesohoulihan_007
Louisiana Digital Library.
Type a word into the search field and watch the photos that come up. It's incredible if you've got time to browse.
Type a word into the search field and watch the photos that come up. It's incredible if you've got time to browse.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 10:12 pm to GEAUXmedic
It’s hard to believe that the Causeway used to be one span. You were required to turn on your headlights for safety. If you saw someone driving around the north shore with their headlights on during the day, chances were good that they just got off the Causeway and forgot to turn them off. The neighborly thing to do was to flash your lights at them to let them know.
Talking about white flight...New Orleans’ housing projects used to be segregated and there were lots of white residents in the projects. I guess they were part of the white flight too.
Talking about white flight...New Orleans’ housing projects used to be segregated and there were lots of white residents in the projects. I guess they were part of the white flight too.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 10:25 pm to bee Rye
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I see you are on the New Orleans subreddit
That sub is so easy to troll. It almost isn't fun until you see people are really losing their shite in there.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 10:48 pm to Cosmo
Bridge controls
Good times
Good times
Posted on 5/17/19 at 10:59 pm to Draconian Sanctions
This is going to sound crazy, but there was a time, long time ago, where in Louisiana, the government actually planned ahead for growth, and put in roads, water, etc, BEFORE it was needed.
Nuts, right?!?!
Nuts, right?!?!
Posted on 5/17/19 at 11:01 pm to BobABooey
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Talking about white flight...New Orleans’ housing projects used to be segregated and there were lots of white residents in the projects. I guess they were part of the white flight too.
One of my aunts use to live in the Florida Ave. housing projects and they were considered the "White" projects with the Desire Housing Projects considered the black projects and they were separated by the Florida Ave. Canal.
Another one of my aunts lived uptown in the St. Thomas projects.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 11:01 pm to gumbo2176
We go to the swim club at buccaneer villa. I'll have to tell the kids that people used to catch crawfish there. They will get a kick out of that!!
Posted on 5/17/19 at 11:03 pm to gumbo2176
My grandfather, who is in his 80s, went to Warren Easton. The first time I heard that I was like WTF. Different time.
Posted on 5/17/19 at 11:17 pm to LSUFanHouston
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My grandfather, who is in his 80s, went to Warren Easton. The first time I heard that I was like WTF. Different time.
Before integration started in 1960, most public schools had all white student bodies. I was in the 3rd grade when McDonough 19 was integrated in 1960, the same time as William Frantz School that is across the street from Nichols High on St. Claude Ave. has the first black girl attend classes there.
Different times for sure back then. We were living under the old "Jim Crow Laws" and I can vividly remember all the rules that applied to blacks that seem silly now as I look back at them.
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