The Dueling Oak is still there, on the edge of City Park.
Posted on 11/01/2011 9:00:38 AM PDT by ClearBlueSky
A shooting on Bourbon, at St. Louis Street, in the French Quarter about 12:30 a.m. injured seven people and killed a 25-year-old man. All of the victims were caught in the crossfire when two people began to shoot at each other in a crowd of costumed revelers celebrating Halloween, police said.
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Good to hear. Make no mistake, the thugs cruise Metairie at night too, but the odds of becoming a victim are much less in Jefferson Parish. Always be wary-especially when going to your car.
Stay in Metairie- really no reason to go into Orleans for good food-unless an edge of danger spices things up for you. The odds of becoming a victim in Orleans parish are far greater than the public will ever be told.
As long as you spend your $$ BEFORE you get attacked, it’s fine with the Tourist Commission.
Ya know, you can’t be New Orleans for food (esp. Mother’s). The WWII museum in nice, too.
Every mardi gras I have spent in the FQ was overcrowded, so much so that one couldnt take one step in front of them without shoving and pushing. Nowhere to run. Imagine its the same with halloween.
I was there 2 weeks ago and was thinking it’s actually much cleaner than I remember. Of course, I was back at the hotel before 9pm and Louisiana has CHL reciprocity with Texas...
Colonel, USAFR
Try Yo Mama’s for a GREAT hamburger. They even have one with peanut butter that is actually pretty good.
Has South Dallas reported in yet?
We took 120 AF folks to the WWII museum 2 weeks ago - I love the fact that their mantra is, “stories, not stuff”, and they’ve compiled so many oral histories.
Colonel, USAFR
This used to be the predominant strain of black culture in America - but now the hiphop gangster culture seems to predominate.
Here are the victims:
Albert Glover, 25, of New Orleans, was shot about 12:30 a.m. on Bourbon Street near the corner of St. Louis Street. He was pronounced dead upon arrival at Interim LSU Public Hospital.
Joshua Lewis, 19, of Marrero, was shot about 1:46 a.m. on Canal Street near the intersection of University Place in the CBD. He died at the Interim LSU Public Hospital about 2:54 a.m.
Both thugs with arrest records. The first a heroin dealer. Thugs killing thugs=no great loss. At least the innocent who were shot are still alive-a couple in serious condition, I hear.
I think public dueling grounds should be brought back( as opposed to every street in the city being used for revenge shootings). Make a place, set times, bring your weapons and have it out. Have dumptrucks standing by to pick up bodies. They wouldn’t go for the 10 paces and shoot tradition, but maybe tickets could be sold-kinda like watching gladiators have it out.
New Orleans, Detroit and Philadelphia are the only major cities I have never visited, and it shall remain that way.
I was in the French Quarter on Bourbon Street just last week. The place really is a s*** hole. In fact, all of New Orleans is a run-down mess (and this isn’t just from Katrina). I can’t see myself going there on a vacation.
Speaking of hours, one restaurant that does okay after dark despite its horrible location is Jack Dempsey's on Poland Avenue. Of course, it's right across the street from the Naval Port of Embarkation facility and has armed security in the parking lot. The huge stadium-like lights in the parking lot help a lot, too. That's what it takes to keep some restaurants alive in New Orleans.
I agree that the WWII Museum is a treasure. It's even got a chunk of the Atlantic Wall now. I've been to the museums in Normandy; the one in New Orleans is far nicer. John Besh's restaurant by the museum (The American Sector) is quite good, too. Retro (1940s) menu, and period waitress attire to match.
Just some jobless yutes having fun.
The Dueling Oak is still there, on the edge of City Park.
Once a S%$#t-hole. Always a S%$#t-hole
Went there once for Mardi Gras a long time ago. Even back then, I had never witnessed such a bunch of drunk, ignorant, and criminal types looking to make a name for themselves. I have never been back and don’t plan on recommending it to any of my friends. Victims frequent places like that and put themselves into harms way needlessly.
Third world sh--hole if there ever was one!
Intersting to think about the Barbary Coast pirate mentality in New Orleans. But then, what is the reason for such similar lawlessness in our inner city ghettos all across the country?
I can’t explain the ghetto mentality nationwide except to postulate that it might be a DNA tribal memory thing.
What I’d like to know is if any other city takes the PRIDE in its perversity that N.O. does. The mentality is so ingrained here, across the culture, that any attempts to change it are met with ‘get out, we don’t need you here’!
People actually SAY that being TOO CLEAN and serious and business oriented would make N.O. too much like the boring Midwest! Decay is romanticized and all the negatives are excused as the price of ‘living in paradise’!!
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