Neighbors on Murat Street near Palmyra heard a loud boom on Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 9). Then they noticed smoke coming from the rear of the two-story multi-family building at 236 S. Murat. A 911 call went out just after 2:30 p.m. About five minutes later, a firetruck arrived the scene. Firefighters spent 45 Read More…
Author: Mid-City Messenger
Council upholds partial demolition of original Ruth’s Chris Steak House
By Katherine Hart, Mid-City Messenger The historic terracotta awning will not return to the original Ruth’s Chris Steak House building on North Broad and Ursulines streets. In a mixed vote on Thursday (Aug. 4), the City Council rejected an appeal that could have forced the building’s new owners to restore the original façade. Max Perret Read More…
Warren Easton’s ninth-grade annex ready for students; officials hold ribbon-cutting
Warren Easton Charter High School students will return to school Wednesday (Aug. 10) to some major changes to the Canal Street campus. The ninth-graders will be across the street from the 110-year-old school building, in the former Meadows-Draughon Business College at 3026-30 Canal St. On Tuesday (Aug. 9), that building will be officially dedicated. Warren Read More…
Beloved Mid-City signs are returning to neutral grounds
By Jeanne D’Arcy, Mid-City Messenger The familiar red heart in a yellow crescent will soon return to three Mid-City neutral grounds. New Mid-City signs will replace the three signs blown down in Hurricane Ida. The colorful, whimsical signs on the neutral ground at South Broad and Tulane Avenue, South Carrolton Avenue and Ulloa Street, and Read More…
Pete Fountain’s childhood home in Bayou St. John in danger of collapse, WWL-TV reports
The Bayou St. John shotgun double where famed clarinetist Pete Fountain spent his first 21 years sits abandoned and in danger of collapse, reports Paul Murphy on WWL-TV. The now-blighted house at 820 N. White St., where the late musician and band leader learned to play music, is owned by Thu Can, known as Kenny Read More…
Strip club on Tulane Avenue draws complaints from neighbors
By Jackie Galli, Mid-City Messenger Club Pressure on Tulane Avenue has everything a strip club should: dancers, poles, lots of cash. The one thing it doesn’t have is a permit to operate as a strip club. Pressure has been operating as a strip club since at least 2019, judging by the photos on their social Read More…
Suspect sought in assault near Easton Playground
The New Orleans Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in identifying and locating a suspect wanted in connection with an aggravated assault. The offense occurred on June 8 in the 700 block of North Lopez Street, near Easton Playground. According to investigators, the suspect was last seen riding a bicycle. He was armed with Read More…
Addis Nola is moving its Ethiopian kitchen to Bayou Road
By Marielle Songy, Mid-City Messenger Addis Nola will soon be serving authentic Ethiopian dishes from a new home. The family-run restaurant is planning to move from South Broad to Bayou Road in the fall. Addis Nola was opened in 2019 by Ethiopian native Biruk Alemayehu to connect New Orleans with the culture of her homeland Read More…
Jazz club planned for Broad and the Greenway clears a hurdle
By Katherine Hart, Mid-City Messenger It’s been a decade since Sam Smith Jr. embarked on a lifetime goal — opening a jazz club for locals in New Orleans. And it’s been more than a year since he received the city’s approval to create a bar and restaurant with live entertainment on North Broad at the Read More…
Tulane medical corridor, Bayou St. John targeted for car break-ins, NOPD reports show
Cars parked in the Tulane Avenue corridor and in the Bayou St. John area are especially vulnerable to break-ins and burglaries, according to crime data from the New Orleans Police Department’s First District. Reports from the first two weeks in July show 10 cars were broken into while. parked on or near Tulane Avenue, eight Read More…
