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re: Is the Bywater area in New Orleans (where Joint BBQ is located) safe?

Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:20 am to
Posted by dgnx6
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
68695 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:20 am to
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Do you say the Uptown or Uptown



But people say, the garden district.
Posted by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:24 am to
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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 by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73681 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:26 am to
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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 by tgrbaitn08
Member since Dec 2007
146214 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:26 am to
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Do you say the Uptown or Uptown



Do you say The Mid City or Mid City?

Posted by whoisnickdoobs
Lafayette
Member since Apr 2012
9352 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:27 am to
Buddy of mine got robbed at gunpoint somewhere around there. He didn't die though so for New Orleans it's relatively safe.
Posted by ellishughtiger
70118
Member since Jul 2004
21135 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:29 am to
I just say Mid City breh
Posted by Demshoes
Up in here
Member since Aug 2015
10203 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:36 am to
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 by ellishughtiger
70118
Member since Jul 2004
21135 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:39 am to
Don’t forget about Juban Crossing and CCLA
Posted by 995webmaster
New Orleans
Member since Dec 2007
3780 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:43 am to
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Bywater today is 50% gay men and 50% hipsters.


It's also 50% AirBnB tourons.
Posted by Mr Perfect
Member since Mar 2010
17836 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:46 am to
never had an issue parking by the joint

wtf. weirdest complaint ever
Posted by Mr Perfect
Member since Mar 2010
17836 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 10:47 am to
woke people say bywater. that facts

"the" is for the unwoke
Posted by dat yat
Chef Pass
Member since Jun 2011
4317 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 11:06 am to
The brisket at The Joint is so good, it's worth the risk.

Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
37116 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 11:07 am to
I've never heard the term "white teapot" but that map is very accurate.
Posted by LSUFanHouston
NOLA
Member since Jul 2009
37116 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 11:09 am to
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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 by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98198 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 11:12 am to
It's New Orleans so...
Posted by t00f
Not where you think I am
Member since Jul 2016
90049 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 11:14 am to
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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 by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73681 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 11:16 am to
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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 by Mr Perfect
Member since Mar 2010
17836 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 11:16 am to
the entire block is empty. and it's right by the river with an empty lot

weirdest thing I've read fr
Posted by fightin tigers
Downtown Prairieville
Member since Mar 2008
73681 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 11:19 am to
Maybe they are from the future when the new development has been completed.
Posted by Mr Perfect
Member since Mar 2010
17836 posts
Posted on 6/11/19 at 11:20 am to
prob
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