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Posted on 2/28/20 at 7:05 am to TulaneLSU
TulaneLSU,
Your writing as always was entertaining. I very much enjoy when I see there is a new post and it says your name. It’s truly a talent and you should consider turning your craftsmanship into a profession. It is the best reading of my day aside from my NLT.
Have a blessed day
Your writing as always was entertaining. I very much enjoy when I see there is a new post and it says your name. It’s truly a talent and you should consider turning your craftsmanship into a profession. It is the best reading of my day aside from my NLT.
Have a blessed day
Posted on 2/28/20 at 7:11 am to TulaneLSU
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I’ve seen many artists’ impressions of the Tower of Babel, but no painting or building approximates the pride of man more than Gretna’s tallest building.
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On September 11, 2001, one of my classmates from Algiers was convinced that this building was one of the terrorists' targets. He interrupted class several times, saying, "We have to warn the people in the West Bank Tower!"
This post was edited on 2/28/20 at 7:17 am
Posted on 2/28/20 at 7:24 am to TulaneLSU
While I immensely enjoy your pictorals and prose, your walk off the Algiers Ferry was too short, skipping the high rises of the oft-forgotten gem of JP, the 19th Best Place to Vacation (2020 NYT Selection), Grand Isle.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 7:26 am to TulaneLSU
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TulaneLSU
Sir, I find your write-ups to be excellent and appreciate the effort you put into your posts. Having moved away from Louisiana, your threads allow me to reminisce
I see that you've taken some requests in the past. If you're ever searching for new topics, might I suggest a Top 10 list of the most outrageous potholes in New Orleans. Or, if it's easier to do a smaller area, Lakeview. There are a few that have nearly ruined me over the years. That would be both entertaining and helpful to drivers!
Keep up the good work.
ETA: You're no doubt familiar with Robert Frost's work. Stopping by Woods.. is very played out, but the last part reminds me of your endeavors.
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But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
This post was edited on 2/28/20 at 7:33 am
Posted on 2/28/20 at 7:38 am to TulaneLSU
TulaneLSU,
One day you will become too famous to care. So, as a huge fan of yours, please say hello and offer kind words.
Peace, love, and happiness,
Tankyank
P.S
Pics?
One day you will become too famous to care. So, as a huge fan of yours, please say hello and offer kind words.
Peace, love, and happiness,
Tankyank
P.S
quote:
Julie
Pics?
Posted on 2/28/20 at 7:38 am to TulaneLSU
Well done you old so and so
Posted on 2/28/20 at 7:58 am to TulaneLSU
I miss when the galleria had a movie theater in it.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 8:02 am to TulaneLSU
LSU's architectural inspiration
Posted on 2/28/20 at 8:26 am to TulaneLSU
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7. 2601 Severn, a.k.a., Copeland Tower, a.k.a., The Landmark
If you're a Metry baw, this is a.k.a. as the Round Hotel...
Posted on 2/28/20 at 8:36 am to El Tigre Grande
Posted on 2/28/20 at 8:48 am to TulaneLSU
6 should be higher
Posted on 2/28/20 at 9:41 am to TulaneLSU
Causeway Row
One of those buildings was Jefferson Bank & Trust (3525 N. Causeway Blvd.), Bob Pettit was the bank President in the early 80's ?? I remember the bricks being red, I'm sure it has seen several face lifts over the years.
Another of those buildings is where Freeport McMoRan's corporate office was located (3421 N. Causeway Blvd) before moving to Poydras across from the Superdome
One of those buildings was Jefferson Bank & Trust (3525 N. Causeway Blvd.), Bob Pettit was the bank President in the early 80's ?? I remember the bricks being red, I'm sure it has seen several face lifts over the years.
Another of those buildings is where Freeport McMoRan's corporate office was located (3421 N. Causeway Blvd) before moving to Poydras across from the Superdome
Posted on 2/28/20 at 10:04 am to TulaneLSU
I find it a little strange that you have the backside of 3421 Causeway as your #10 building, then take a front-side view picture of the same building in your Causeway Row picture. Could you not get a shot of the building from the front without including the BW sign? 
This post was edited on 2/28/20 at 10:10 am
Posted on 2/28/20 at 10:21 am to Got Blaze
I think Freeport McMoRan was two different companies then and McMoRan was already based in downtown NO.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:09 am to LSUBFA83
My mom worked for F-MMR at the Causeway Blvd location as I visited her office many times. Freeport and MMR merged in 1980 IIRC. The 1615 Poydras building was built in 1984 which is when corporate moved from Metry to the CBD.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 11:54 am to TulaneLSU
Excellent as always. Thank you for your hard work and dedication to this board. Its refreshing to see some real culture on here.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 12:14 pm to TulaneLSU
IMHO, Copeland Tower is the undisputed king. Heritage Plaza would be a solid #2, followed by One Lakeway.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 1:56 pm to TulaneLSU
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Three Lakeway Center
Home to the best gym in the Nola area.
Posted on 2/28/20 at 1:57 pm to TulaneLSU
Though I enjoyed your write-up, you are off on some of the dates and such regarding the Lakeway Center buildings. My firm designed and engineered them, and was also involved in their development as the developer was the brother-in-law of my firms's owner.
Lakeway Two is the 2nd building in terms of completion date and height; it was completed in 1983. It may have had interior renovations since then, but it was complete in 1983.
A few other notes of interest:
-- I climbed up to (and into) the control cab of the construction cranes of both Heritage Plaza and Lakeway Two towers in my youth, late at night after jumping a fence and sneaking in. Went most of the way up in the buildings' fire stairwells.
-- Others were right about the Galleria; it was supposed to be a much larger complex, but was never completed as designed. This is one of the reasons why the I-10 side and the Napoleon Avenue side look so unfinished and ugly, with painted panels and black stripes attempting to mimic the other glass walls:
The back end of the property closer to Old Metairie was eventually developed with low-scale motels (a Marriott Residence Inn and Courtyard), but the front end lot remains empty as seen above...
-- Executive Tower should get kudos for not matching the surrounding street grid, instead being angled 45 degrees to the grid:
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Begun in the early 1980s, the Center’s third building, this, Two Lakeway Center, was not complete until 1996.
Lakeway Two is the 2nd building in terms of completion date and height; it was completed in 1983. It may have had interior renovations since then, but it was complete in 1983.
A few other notes of interest:
-- I climbed up to (and into) the control cab of the construction cranes of both Heritage Plaza and Lakeway Two towers in my youth, late at night after jumping a fence and sneaking in. Went most of the way up in the buildings' fire stairwells.
-- Others were right about the Galleria; it was supposed to be a much larger complex, but was never completed as designed. This is one of the reasons why the I-10 side and the Napoleon Avenue side look so unfinished and ugly, with painted panels and black stripes attempting to mimic the other glass walls:
The back end of the property closer to Old Metairie was eventually developed with low-scale motels (a Marriott Residence Inn and Courtyard), but the front end lot remains empty as seen above...
-- Executive Tower should get kudos for not matching the surrounding street grid, instead being angled 45 degrees to the grid:
This post was edited on 2/28/20 at 1:59 pm
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