Restoring the Bayou Canopy
by Jared Zeller The MotherShip Foundation announces a new campaign to replace four live oak trees along Bayou St. John between Dumaine and Lafitte streets this fall. Two live oaks were lost during...
View ArticleNeighborhood Expression of Care
In 1969, Fred Rogers appeared before the United States Senate Subcommittee on Communications. His goal was to support funding for PBS and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in response to...
View ArticleBlightStatus Arrives
Click here to view the City’s presentation at today’s BlightStat meeting. If you are having trouble viewing this message, read this in your browser. MAYOR LANDRIEU, CODE FOR AMERICA TO UNVEIL NEW...
View ArticleSocial Event of the Season
Reconnect with your neighbors in a positive environment… SMILE, eat, drink, dance and play this SATURDAY Enjoy the 23rd annual Voodoo on the Bayou. Experience the joy of great fun as the Treme Brass...
View ArticleNeighbors Get Letters
Many thanks to Mr. Phil Shall and Mr. Lyndon Saia who combined forces to make sure the street tiles were put in the corner of Moss and Grand Route Saint John when cement was recently poured there.
View ArticleMASQUERAID
Masqueraid / Re-Bridge’s 2nd Annual Fundraising Gala will be held Saturday, December 1, 2012 at the home of Eric Hess and Judge Frank Thaxton III, retired at 1001 Moss Street. This year will be a...
View ArticleFriday Fun in the Faubourg
FRIDAY FUN IN THE FAUBOURG Enjoy glasses of wine as you watch the sunset over Bayou St. John. It’s Vino on the Bayou at The Pitot House (1440 Moss St.) tonight from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Come enjoy the...
View ArticleUnique Visitor
by Charlie London Mona McMahon caught this visitor looking in her back door. I often see cats and dogs walking down the sidewalk in Faubourg St. John but was a little surprised to see the animal in the...
View ArticleNeighbor Exposed at City Hall
Faubourg St. John neighbor Liz Garcia is part of a group show at City Hall for the National Arts Program. Liz is definitely honorable and worth mentioning!
View ArticleTrees and Treasure
article by Richard AngelicoThe photo above shows Mr. Angelico with a cannonball found deep in the Louisiana woods. I usually spend my Saturdays somewhere along the Mississippi River, swinging my metal...
View ArticleELECTION and MEETING TUESDAY
PLEASE BRING A FOOD DONATION FOR SECOND HARVEST FOOD BANK Dec 11 | 6:30 pm | Black Gold Room | Fair Grounds It’s that time again – please come vote to elect your 2013 FSJNA Board – the 4th Quarter...
View ArticleGet Your Bass Out There April 6th
If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there’d be a shortage of fishing poles. ~Doug Larson To welcome springtime fishing, New Orleans City Park will host its Big Bass Rodeo...
View ArticleHelp Park at the Haus
Volunteers Needed As you know, we are going to use the future home of Deutsches Haus at 1700 Moss Street (near the corner of Esplanade Ave. and Moss St.) to raise money for the new Haus. However, we...
View ArticleMany Thanks to Canseco’s!
Canseco’s has generously supported the Fortier Festival for 7 years! Rodney “Grill Master” Beals worked hard all day cooking burgers donated by Canseco’s! Many thanks to Canseco’s for their generous...
View ArticleBastille Day July 13th
Norbert Slama and Raphael Bas (Manouche Musette) will perform from 5 – 7 and Johnny J and the Hitmen from 7 – 9. Cynthia Scott will sing the Marseillaise at 5:30. Ukulele Jake will perform at the...
View ArticleFaubourg St. John Cultural District is Official
Click HERE to learn more about CULTURAL DISTRICTS. Many thanks to Pierre Gautier Walker, III for doing the work to make the Faubourg St. John Cultural District a reality! *** Click on the logos below...
View ArticleBOUNTY on the BAYOU
Over 600 children arrived Halloween night to join the Pirates of Fortier Park for Bounty on the Bayou. There was music and bottled water in the park and, of course, all manner of treats for the kids...
View ArticleNeighbor Plans Clean Birthday
New neighbor, Mason Harrison, will be celebrating his birthday at Fair Grinds on October 7th. Before the party, Mason, along with his friends and neighbors will do some light duty in Fortier Park then...
View ArticleLet’s Get This Straight
During hurricanes, limbs and branches of trees can be split, cracked or broken from high winds and heavy rain. Damaged limbs should be removed as soon as possible. Tree Troopers like Bobby Wozniak,...
View ArticleVoodoo on the Bayou
A PARTY YOU CAN BRING A PARTY TO! Saturday Night, October 27th, 2012 at the Pitot House. WHO: Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association WHAT: Annual Faubourg St. John Neighborhood Association fund...
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