Volume 38, No.9 www.faubourgmarigny.org. October 2010 Les Amis de Marigny Helping to make Marigny a better place to live, work and play

TheThe Dearly Dearly Departed Departed Society Society

by Donna Wakeman

Founded by Gene Cizek and Lloyd Sensat, the Dearly Departed Society will debut on All Saints Day, November 1st. The Society is intended to be a participatory group fostering the perpetuation of All Saints Day traditions in the old historic cemeteries of New Orleans.

Events will be held at St. Louis #1 Cemetery from 10am- noon. The Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association will place a floral wreath on Bernard de Marigny's tomb and the organization will have a table with information on Bernard's fabulous neighborhood. William de Marigny Hyland ( Bernard's great, great, great, great grandson) will discuss his illustrious ancestor. Robert Florence's Friends of New Orleans Cemeteries will have the blue note replaced on the Musicians’ Tomb and 'All Saints Day in New Orleans -- Decorating the Tombs in One of provide a jazz band. Anna Ross Twichell will the City Cemeteries, an 1885 engraving' decorate the tomb in authentic 19th century mourning. Additionally, there will be role playing ghosts: Lloyd Sensat as Bernard de Marigny, Anyone interested in participating may email Lloyd Sensat at Barbara Trevigne as Marie Laveaux, Barbara [email protected]. Even if you do not have a relative Robichaux as a lady from Storyville, and Greg entombed, you can participate by adopting and tending a Osborne as Apollinaire Perrault. nameless, unadorned, forlorn, neglected and forgotten tomb. Some suggested All Saints Day traditions: attend mass, lime At noon, Mass for the Dearly Departed will be wash a tomb, clean the names cut in the marble slabs, weed celebrated by Father Tony Rigoli at the Mortuary a grave site, leave flowers, drape a tomb with black cloth, Chapel. Now Our Lady Of Guadalupe Church and picnic in the cemetery, have a family reunion or simply visit International Shrine to St. Jude at 401 North the cemetery. Rampart St., the church was built in 1826. Its original function was as a mortuary chapel when "There is much that is great & wonderful & exceptional about funerals from the St. Louis Cathedral were forbidden New Orleans, but nothing is more impressive than the fact by city ordinance because of yellow fever contagion. that the richest elements of this city's culture are The famed Creole team of Claude Gurlie & Joseph participatory." - Lolis Eric Elie Guillot were the architect-builders. In 1969, it was designated an official New Orleans historic landmark.

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NO MORE BLIGHT

______25th Annual Candlelight Caroling & 2 Holiday Art Market

We are four months away from our 25th Annual Candlelight Caroling and Holiday Art Market on December 13, 2009. This is our silver anniversary! Congratulations to all those that have helped continue this tradition.

We are in the planning stages and need your help. As with our other events we need volunteers to help plan the event as well as volunteers to help the day JOIN US IN OUR FIGHT of the event.

As part of our plan to combat blight, we have been helping The planning committees are: the City cite owners of blighted properties. This is the first step in the process which will lead to the adjudication of Volunteer * Art Market * Caroling * Brochure * Music the properties if the owners do not bring their properties * PR/Media * Photography * Site Logistics * Sales out of their blight status. We will announce the dates and Logistics * Kids Areas. time of these adjudication hearings as it is important that we show a strong presence at these hearings. The Day of the event volunteers serve a two hour shift of Hearing Officers need to hear how these properties and their choice and help with tasks for the day. the continued lack of their maintenance affect our neighborhood and our lives. If you are interested in volunteering out please If you know of a property that has visible damage and/or is contact volunteer chair Ron at 909-7047. vacant; please let us know so we may add them to the list.

Next Board Meeting: November 4 Next General Meeting: October 19

20th century living on our neighborhood and planet. We are looking resident’s eport for volunteers to help with on the day of the tour. If you can help P R out please contact Ken.

by Chris Costello Just around the corner is our Annual Candlelight Caroling which will be on December 12th. We are looking for volunteers to help We have made it through another summer and another year for with this event as well. Please contact Maureen. our organizaon. Happy Birthday FMIA. We are 39 years old and geng beer with age. Congratulaons to everyone who has As we begin our new organizaonal year and ease into another helped make our neighborhood a great place to live, work and season please consider giving some of your me back to the play. Our efforts were recognized one year ago by the American community. The Marigny is a great place to live, work and play Planning Associaon by selecng us as one of the Top 10 Great because of the efforts of many who have given their me to make American Neighborhoods. This disncon is the culminaon of our neighborhood what it is today. Volunteering is part of the 39 years of focused efforts, thousands of hours of volunteering human experience. Come share it with us. and a belief that we can build a great neighborhood by working together. We look forward to more good things to come.

Congratulaons and thank you to our new board members Donna Wakeman, Jason Paerson and Jim Farr for taking on the responsibility for represenng our neighborhood. We are lucky to have a board that represents more closely our neighborhood, a mix of residents and business, owners and renters and each living in a different part of the neighborhood. Diversity is what makes us strong. I look forward to a producve year improving our neighborhood.

We are looking for people to invest an hour of their me a week to help the neighborhood. All the work we have done over the last 39 years to help stabilize the neighborhood and to make it a place where people want to live, work and play has been through volunteer hours of neighbors. Be a part of this legacy. Come help us out.

I am happy to report some great news on the Riverfront Park. We met with the Mayor’s office to discuss our concerns with the riverfront park. We were happy to learn that this project benefited from the me the Mayor’s office took to reevaluate all the plans for the city recovery projects by informing them of its strengths but more oen mes its weaknesses, many of which were our concerns. The plans for the park as last presented by the pervious New Orleans Building Corporaon were over budget and some of the necessary agreements to build the park had not been made. Despite the setbacks we were informed that the city was going to build a passive park with a good, sound infrastructure for the near future and when finances were available they would make improvements the community needed.

October 17th will be our 5th Annual Walking Tour. This year the NONPAC 8th District Meeting tour will focus on the Marigny triangle. This year, in addion to the art market, kids area and music which has been generously A volunteer is needed to aend and report on the 8th sponsored by Café Rose Nicaud, Snug Harbor and DBA, we will District NONPAC meengs. Contact Maureen Steffek, have a Green Fair where different green organizaons will be [email protected] or 901-283-1118 if informing residents on how to reduce the negave impacts of interested. ______3

DON’T MISS THIS HOT-OFF-THE-PRESS NOVEL BY FAUBOURG MARIGNY RESIDENT DAVID LUMMIS! Largely set in the Faubourgs Marigny and Tremé, the book “reviews” and is often narrated from local coffee haunts from Café Rose Nicaud to CC’s to Café du Monde. It blends fact, fiction, and satire in exploring such themes as the “sacrament” of coffee drinking, living sober, and the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow in America. What the reviewers are saying… “Lummis’s tender and affectionate descriptions of New Orleans, his ‘Paris of the South,’ evoke Pat Conroy’s lush and loving portrayal of coastal South Carolina. Just as Conroy’s South of Broad is a paean to Charleston, so is Lummis’s Chronicles a love song to New Orleans. Alternately funny, painful, entertaining, and always unflinchingly honest, The Coffee Shop Chronicles of New Orleans is a must read.” —Penne Laubenthal, Swampland.com: Cultures of the South “...a real book, one I can hold in my hands and cherish and savor. ...gives every appearance of being a beacon of light in this moment of BP-produced darkness...” —Diann Blakely, poet and author of Cities of Flesh And The Dead (Elixir Press, 2008) SUPPORT FAUBOURG MARIGNY BUSINESS OWNERS! TAKE THIS AD TO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS AND RECEIVE A $2 DISCOUNT OFF THE COVER PRICE OF THE BOOK. Faubourg Marigny Arts and Books – 600 Frenchman Street – (504) 382-2365 Who Dat Coffee Cafe – 2401 Burgundy Street – (504) 701-1575 American Aquatic Gardens and Gifts – 621 Elysian Fields Ave. – (504) 944-0410 Beth’s Books – 2700 Chartres Street – (504) 947-4477 visit us at www.coffeeshopchronicles.com and on Facebook

______4 trend of renovations for most blighted properties, among NO MORE BLIGHT - them many former corner stores (See picture below of 2401 Join Us in Our Fight Saint Claude back in July).

by Alexandre Vialou Blight Committee

The FMIA Blight Committee has investigated the profile of blighted property owners in our neighborhood using the newly released uncertified 2011 home value assessment from the New Orleans tax assessor website (the data is free and can be accessed at www.nolaassessor.com). Here are some of our findings, based on the 138 different properties in our neighborhood that are or have been blighted. Blighted buildings assessed at more than $600,000, such as the Saint Roch Market or the Robert supermarket, have been removed from this analysis):

• The average blighted property in our What are the implications of these facts? First of all, a neighborhood was purchased in 1991 for $64,507 comprehensive blight program ought to be fair with its and was assessed at $200,969 in 2010. residents. It is not acceptable to have a policy that will kick • Owners of properties that are currently boarded out a resident that has been living all of his or her life in our are those that have paid the lowest sales price at neighborhood because his income may not be generous the time of the purchase: $26,600 in 1989. enough to cover all the charges associated with • Properties that are currently under renovation are homeownership in an area that has seen such an increase those that have been assessed with the highest in home values over the last decades. If our neighborhood value in 2010: $214,300. and city benefit from having a preserved architectural • Blighted properties that have been remedied since integrity, it may be sound policy to help some of our 2005 are the ones with the lowest assessed value neediest residents maintain their homes. This will benefit in 2010: $170,000. them and us. To that effect, the FMIA Blight Committee does not report elderly residents who experience financial These numbers reveals some interesting facts. First of all, difficulties to maintain their homes up to code. We need the last sale transaction for blighted properties in our however to find new solutions for the real problem blight neighborhood occurred on average almost two decades may cause to the neighbors. The FMIA Blight Committee ago! A small but significant share of these properties is believes on the other hand that it is not fair to let owned by residents who have now less energy and income homeowners who do not live here benefit from higher to afford the necessary renovations of their homes. housing prices without bringing their home/investment up to Secondly, according to the New Orleans tax assessor, a code. In these cases, we are very strict and donʼt hesitate blighted property in our neighborhood does not lose its to ask for the cooperation of Code Enforcement. intrinsic value. Since we live in a historic district that rules out demolitions, blighted property owners capitalize on As usual you can contact us directly at what the property could be worth. They have been able to [email protected] to let us know of any take advantage of the extraordinary increase in prices properties that you would like some assistance in getting witnessed in our neighborhood since Katrina (the home through the Code Enforcement Process. price per square foot went from $75 in the first months of 2005 to $122 in 2009 according to a February 21st, New Orleans Times-Picayune article). Delinquent homeowners Code Enforcement Hearing results: are demanding very high prices even though potential 1518 Pauger Street (Accessory): On 9/22/2010: Not Guilty buyers would have to pay a significant additional cost to perform all the repairs necessary to bring the property up to 1030 Port Street: On 8/25/2010: Conditionally Guilty Code. Finally, it seems that the cheapest blighted 2230 Chartres: On 8/25/2010: Conditionally Guilty properties have been the first ones to be renovated. Most likely, these properties did not require as much investment 824-26 Marigny Street: On 9/14/2010: Guilty. No Show. to bring them out of blight. However, there is an upcoming 1119-21 St.Anthony Street: On 9/15/2010: Guilty. No Show

______5 Hers and Heros..... News From Marigny Green What does it mean to make your home energy efficient? How can you pay for the upgrades to make your home more energy efficient? This month’s Global Green by Deborah Oppenheim workshop will answer these questions, and explain how you can use a Home Energy Above the fold in the Times Picayune Monday, September Ratings System (HERS) assessment to 20, 2010 the headline read “Region still lags in recycling qualify for the Louisiana HERO (Home Energy options” which is a sad reality. Marigny Green and the Rebate Option) program, a state-funded program to ReUse District are working on a recycle proposal to the city. Until we have curbside recycling, these are available reimburse homeowners who make energy efficient free services. If you are interested in learning more about upgrades. Marigny Green contact Deborah at [email protected] Speakers will include Andrew Spaulding, HERS Rater, Americoprs VISTA Technical Coordinator; Forest Bradley- Wright, Senior Program Director, Alliance for Affordable DROP OFF Services: Energy; and Buddy Justice, HERO Program Director, City of New Orleans Recycling Center 2829 Elysian Louisiana Department of Natural Resources. Fields Saturday 8am-1pm WHO: open to residences and small business owners of Stop by and learn how you can start saving on your utility bills Orleans Parish with assistance from the state of Louisiana. Global Green’s ACCEPTS: plastics, aluminum cans, metals (which weigh Build It Back Green events are free and open to the public. less than 25 lbs), paper, magazines, phone books, newspaper, tires (maximum 4) Healthy Green Homes Series: Home Energy Ratings System NO: glass (HERS) and the Home Energy Rebate Option (HERO) www.cityofno.com/pg-123-1-department-ofsanitation Program October 12, 6pm – 8pm Euterpe Recycling Center 1829 Euterpe St. 7 days a 7th Ward Neighborhood Center week, 24 hours 1910 Urquhart St. WHO: open to residents ACCEPTS: all plastics and aluminum NO: Paper or glass www.ecogreenclean.org (504) 861-1100

Target All locations Monday - Saturday ACCEPTS: cell phones, aluminum cans, brown glass, clear glass, green glass, ink-jet cartridges, mp3 players, #1 plastic, #2 plastic (clear and colored), plastic bags

Tulane Newcomb Art Dept. Plum Street extension, behind Woldenberg Art 7 days a week, 24 hours ACCEPTS: clear glass only, recycled into student art projects

Pep Boys 7 days a week ACCEPTS: scrap metal, batteries, used auto parts, waste oil, tires

Home Depot All locations Store hours ACCEPTS: bins for recycling compact fluorescent light bulbs

Village Green at the New Orleans Public Library Version 5 August 2010 is available on line for more information on recycling in New Orleans.

______6 The Academic Studio at NOCCA

by Arin Clark Adkins

The New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) plans to expand its curriculum to offer a full-time program starting in the fall of 2011. Currently students are required to get core credits, such as math, history, etc., at other schools, as NOCCA offers only the creative arts curriculum at the Chartres Street campus. Beginning next fall, freshman will have the option of obtaining all of their academic credits at NOCCA.

This is good news for students and their families who would prefer not to leave one school site for another half-way through concentration of the particular subject, from which students the day. For those who do prefer to split the day between two will be well-prepared for college and the real world. campuses, the half-day option will remain available. The expanded program is for entering freshmanfreshmen only, and Ms. Knowles attended the September meeting of the FMIA these students can continue on this track through graduation. to provide the community with the latest information about This track begins in the freshman year only, so cCurrent the developing program. She says that NOCCA is working sophomores, juniors and seniors are required to continue in with a master plan to determine what expansion is the half-day program through their graduation. necessary. At this time NOCCA has no designs for new buildings. They are looking at what they currently have, NOCCA has been working for years to develop a full-time what they expect they will need and they will consider these program that includes both traditional academics and creative factors in light of what works best for the neighborhood in arts. The plans are now coming together with the Academic accordance with HDLC criteria. Studio track being introduced next fall. Ms. Robbie McHardy is in charge of developing that curriculum. The Academic Studio New details about the expansion will be provided as they will follow the current NOCCA model of “Master-Apprentice” become available. Check the website at www.nocca.com style learning. But the idea is not to “pile academics on top of to keep updated about yet another exciting community art” says Ms. Jackson Knowles, the NOCCA Director of development in our corner of New Orleans. Community Development. It will not be the study of art in history, or math in music, but rather a true academic

ANNUAL BOOKFAIR IN THE MARIGNY

The 9th Annual New Orleans Bookfair will be held on Saturday November 6th, 2010, from 11am - 6pm on the 500 - 600 blocks of Frenchmen St, in the Faubourg Marigny. The NOLA Bookfair is an annual celebration of independent publishing and alternative media featuring small presses, zinesters, book artists, anarchists, rabblerousers, and more! It is a free celebration of books and is open to the public.

As always there will be a ton of books to peruse & ponder, live music, craft-made one-of-a-kind art books of all shapes & sizes, 'zines-a-plenty, a kid's space, and readings from authors local and otherwise. This year we will also be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the publication of The Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole with extra readings, contests and discussion forums.

We hope the New Orleans Bookfair can help the public experience first-hand the joyful weirdness of New Orleans that John Kennedy Toole captured in the persona of Ignatius Riley. What better place to do so than in the Faubourg Marigny on Frenchmen Street where absolutely anything can happen and usually does? Participating publishers range from powerhouse nationals like AK Press and MIT Press to local heroes Pelican Press and Garrett County Press to earnest individuals selling hand made books bound lovingly with their own heartstrings. There are plenty of locals, plenty of out-of-towners and children of all ages will enjoy a slate of creative kids' activities. Those over 21 will find special bookfair prices at the multiple venues hosting the event.

______7 C o l o r M e C r e o l e

This is the ninth in a series of drawings to show the rich architectural inventory of Faubourg Marigny. I will be featuring drawings from my sketchbook of Bernard de Marigny's historic neighborhood. Eventually, it will become a coloring book to teach children and adults how " to read" a building by type and style and identify its components. The houses illustrated will represent what I consider to be the best examples in Marigny. It is my hope that this will aid in a better understanding of architecture and foster a love for old buildings and demonstrate the importance of historic preservation. Lloyd Sensat Sun Oak in Faubourg Marigny Sept 2010

Center Hall Greek Revival Town House: 1830-1865 By Eugene Cizek & Lloyd Sensat

As more and more Americans moved to the Creole city of New Orleans, they brought with them their own architectural ideals. One of these was the Greek Revival style which drew its inspiration from the architecture of ancient Greece. The architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe introduced this style to New Orleans. The classicism of the American town house was manifested by detailing rather than the temple form. Two characteristic features are a very wide entablature with denticulated cornice just below the roof line and a classic entrance with paneled doors flanked by glass sidelights and rectangular transoms. Note the simplicity, strength and dignity of this style. New York architect Minard Lafever popularized the style with the publication of his pattern books.

The Americans also introduced the concept of a hallway. The Creoles considered halls wasted space. The center hall house is an urban extension of the plantation type.

Claiborne Mansion: 2111 Dauphine By Eugene Cizek & Lloyd Sensat

This is one of the grandest houses in the neighborhood: built on the banquette, two stories, of brick construction with separate kitchen, large service building and patio. It is an outstanding example of the emerging American influence in Faubourg Marigny. The house is raised above ground level and features a center hall entrance detailed in the Greek Revival manner.

Its interior has a double parlor with pocket doors with Greek key surrounds. One of the trademarks of Greek Revival is the Greek- key doorway. This is characterized by a slightly overlapping lintel and a slight flaring out of the face of the surround from the top to the bottom. In response to the subtropical climate, the house has much higher ceilings than its Northern counterparts. The epitome of the Greek Revival style is reflected in the restraint and classic simplicity of both the interior and exterior of this great house. A bronze plaque identifying this building as a city landmark was affixed by the Orleans Parish Landmarks Commission in 1962.

The mansion was built in 1859 by William C.C. Claiborne 11. He was the son of our first American Governor. Samuel Stewart was the American builder. Claiborne's half sister, Sophronia Louise, married Bernard de Marigny's son, Mandeville. It was owned by the Claiborne family until 1919.

When owned by Cecil Burglass, the house was used as a meeting place for civic groups. It was here, in 1972, that the Faubourg Marigny Improvement Association was formed. Appropriately, thirty years later the same house is often the focus for neighborhood house tours. The current owner is Cleo Pelleteri. The restoration architect was Robert Cangelosi, Jr.

______8 director, marketer, building maintenance man and producer, $ $ $ - BUSINESS NEWS-$ $ $ while also acting in a number of the performances staged there.

by Rachel Smith Theatrical performances are all done by professionals, but the space also hosts lighter entertainments such as improv The Shadowbox Theatre comedy and burlesque. Monthly poetry slams are distinguished from others in town by virtue of being held 2400 St. Claude Avenue within a dedicated performance space to better engage the 504-298-8676 audience.

The current production of “Aliens” continues from Sept. 30 – Oct 3, and Oct 7-10. All shows start at 8pm and cost $10. A Sci-fi Latino Noir Multimedia Solo by award-winning performance artist José Torres-Tama, his show satirizes the status of Latino immigrants as "aliens" and explores the rise in hate crimes against immigrants across the U.S. In the second half of October, “Frozen” will runs on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. The story entwines the lives of a murderer, the mother of one of his victims and his psychologist to explore our capacity for forgiveness, remorse and change after an act that would seem to rule them out entirely.

The Shadowbox will be one of the official Fringe Festival venues in mid-November.

Richard Mayer opened the Shadowbox Theatre this March with the help of friends and volunteers who assisted in rehabilitating the formerly abandoned building. This newest performance space in New Orleans is housed in the old Marquer Drugs building on the corner of St. Claude and St. Roch. The old Marquer Drugs neon sign, restored to its ORCHIDS- original location atop the entrance, now shines over this landmark in our neighborhood. Richard chose the Marigny Thank you to Steve and Cake Café for their donations for his venue because he believes it is the neighborhood from the sale of their T-Shirts. most welcoming to alternative arts and to the variety of performance genres he wants to put on. Congratulations to the birth of bebe Pierre to the proud On the day I walked in to talk with Richard, he was helping to parents of Angele and Alex. set up the stage for the evening performance of “Aliens, Immigrants and Evildoers” with its feature one-man show featuring actor, Jose Torres-Tama. The wooden seats and Red Dress Run was handled very well, thank you. vintage red velvet curtains were instantly recognizable as being from the old Colton School auditorium. A small venue, A big thank you to Ron Petty and Reg Medellin for their seating 85 people, the Shadowbox is the ideal size for the time on the Board and we wish them well. kinds of intimate performances that Richard solicits for production. The space has a fully changeable stage and seating, which allows for versatility in the range of shows that Thank you, Brian, for working on the Histories Project can be put on. The black box theatre immediately conveys a sense of proximity between the audience and the stage, and ONIONS- the modular seating allows for the space to be reorganized in a number of different ways. Property and business owners who do not apply for Richard graduated from Tulane with a degree in history and appropriate permits. theater, and worked in theater for ten years while also doing improvisational comedy. He teaches improv at a local high Tourists and others who use our streets as parking lots school while running The Shadowbox as essentially his own when visiting the French Quarter. one-man show. Richard donned a red velvet circus director’s hat (perhaps his marketing / PR hat?) when he took a break from setting the stage to sit down and speak with me, but he also wears a number of other hats as manager, sales ______9 ! R i v e r f r o n t P a r k U p d a t e

by Chris Costello

We have been a strong supporter of opening up the riverfront to the citizens of New Orleans. Our concerns have centered on the lack of basic planning for the success of the project which includes minimizing the impact of this project on our neighborhood. Our issues remain the same:

1. the intensity of the use of the Mandeville Street Wharf to include parking and traffic,

2. the substantive change of the park, transforming from a place for recreation including athletic courts and a playground to a grassy area devoid of such elements,

3. the lack of access to the park,

4. the lack of a business plan for the successful operation of the park, and

5. the lack of a dedicated funding source for the basic operation, safety and maintenance of the park.

In a meeting with the Mayor’s office we learned that there were significant issues with the plans. Specifically, the plans as presented by the New Orleans Building Corporation (NOBC) of the last administration were over budget and they failed to secure the agreement with the Port of New Orleans to release the land for the development of the park. This was discovered by the Mayor’s Office during the stop work order they imposed on all city recovery projects. This temporary stop gave them time to reevaluate all the plans for the city recovery projects which informed them of their strengths 5th District NONPAC but more often times their weaknesses. Meeting With this information, the city has decided it is going to build a passive park with a good, sound infrastructure for the near future and when finances were available they would make improvements the community needed. by John Luckett The Mayor’s office is currently looking at the plans to make them fit within the money left over by the previous 7 The meeting was opened by Captain Kelly at 7 NONBC but has signed the agreement with the

PM. She discussed the complaints from the July contractor so that when the plans are ready (which !"#$%&'()#*&+,#!"-))"#+.#/0-1+,2#+,#&%%+&,3)#/+"4#"4)#meeting and the resolutions of them. You can eshould-mail beus by at the [email protected] end of October) construction can begin with the 5*67#"0#)-&(+3&")#8%+24"#+,#0'-#,)+2480-400(9#!$*!# address of the property, or call us at 888-321-0812 with the same information.immediately. +.# &22-)..+:)%;# 20+,2#Officer &<")-# Alsina talked =-0=)-"+).# about the abandoned "4&"# &-)#autos in We all want to live in a safe and healthy neighborhood. 8%+24")(# &,(# 4&:)# -)3)+:)(#the district. =0.+"+:)# All that had<))(8&31# been reported <-0># had been We are askingWe were these very neighborshappy to learn to thathelp all us of ourin rebuilding concerns our .0>)#0/,)-.9#?)#/+%%#1))=#/0-1+,2#0,#"4)#-)."9# neighborhood and City by taking care of their property. tagged and sent to abandoned autos at City Hall. were addressed and only one, the use of the Mandeville Status fromStreet Code Wharf, was Enforcement deferred until that city has the money !"#$%#$&'()*+$,-'.#"$/'$01()*+$2'3#"/4.$5"',#"6$'*$ to build it. @%;.+&,# 5+)%(.# 0=),+,2A#There @&-%+)-# was a "4+.#discussion >0,"4# of current "4)# complaints5+<"4# 2424-26 Dauphine Street ! Case Rest for 10/7/2009 which will be addressed by the Fifth District 2604-06 Dauphine Street - Cond Guilty $300 daily fine B9!9#$+-3'+"#$0'-"#0<#7==)&%.#'=4)%(#&#CDE9F#>+%%+0,# Thank you to the Mayor, our Councilmember Gisleson +,.'-&,3)#G'(2>),"#+,#<&:0-#0<#H08)-"#5-).4#*&-1)"9#officers before the next meeting. Captain Kelly 1728 Pauger Street - Cond. Guilty. no daily fines 2005 RoyalPalmer, Street Cedric - Cond Grant Guilty.and Karen $400 Ford fordaily listening fine. to our I4)# 30'-"# &%.0# 0-()-)(#stressed B,+")(# that all citizens 5+-)# should J# $&.'&%";#keep the police 2613 Royal Street - Case Reset for 10/22/2009 6,.'-&,3)#$09#"0#=&;#"4)>#&,#&((+"+0,&%#CE#>+%%+0,#+,# concerns and working with us to make sure the city and advised of anything happening in their its residents gets the park it needs. 8&(# <&+"4# (&>&2).# <0-#neighborhoods; ',-)&.0,&8%;# she cannot <&+%+,2# address "0#complaints =&;# if Status of Demolition By Neglect /4&"# /&.# ,)3)..&-;#she does "0# not <+K# know L'--+3&,)#of them. M&"-+,&# /+,(."0->#&,(#0"4)-#(&>&2)#0,#<+:)#.'=)->&-1)".9# None

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NO MORE BLIGHT

______25th Annual 10 Candlelight Caroling & Holiday Art Market

We are four months away from our 25th Annual Candlelight Caroling and Holiday Art Market on December 13, 2009. This is our silver anniversary! Congratulations to all those that have helped continue this tradition.

We are in the planning stages and need your help. As with our other events we need volunteers to help plan the event as well as volunteers to help the day JOIN US IN OUR FIGHT of the event.

As part of our plan to combat blight, we have been helping The planning committees are: the City cite owners of blighted properties. This is the first step in the process which will lead to the adjudication of Volunteer * Art Market * Caroling * Brochure * Music the properties if the owners do not bring their properties * PR/Media * Photography * Site Logistics * Sales out of their blight status. We will announce the dates and Logistics * Kids Areas. time of these adjudication hearings as it is important that we show a strong presence at these hearings. The Day of the event volunteers serve a two hour shift of Hearing Officers need to hear how these properties and their choice and help with tasks for the day. the continued lack of their maintenance affect our neighborhood and our lives. If you are interested in volunteering out please If you know of a property that has visible damage and/or is contact volunteer chair Ron at 909-7047. vacant; please let us know so we may add them to the list.

Next Board Meeting: November 4 Next General Meeting: October 19

HOT SHEET

MAIL OR DELIVER TO Fifth District Station 4015 Burgundy St.., New Orleans, LA 70119 Office: (504)658-6050

Hot Sheets are used by the NOPD to identify those areas where illegal activities have occurred or potential problems exist.

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TYPE OF PROBLEM Check all that apply and please use remarks section for any additional information, such as description of house, cars, etc. 1.  Drug Dealing (location drugs are being hidden if known) 2.  Abandoned Housing 3.  Abandoned Vehicle (Make, Model, Color, License Plate Number if known) 4.  Vacant Lot Tall Grass Trash  Abandoned Car 5.  Street Lights  None  Broken  Hidden by trees 6.  Trees need trimming (specific location of trees) 7.  Curfew Violation 8.  Truant Activity 9.  Excess Loitering (intersection of ______) 10.  Illegal Business Activities (ABO violation, auto repairs, not permits, etc.) 11.  Other Complaints

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TELEPHONE: ______11 organization to become more inclusive to have the whole And the Winners Are…. community so that there is more participation in the association. Donna Wakeman (Rectangle Resident) I am the current by Donna Wakeman editor of the FMIA newsletter, and work as a free-lance business manager. I am interested in contributing to my On September 21, elections were held for the four vacant neighborhood, and in helping to make it an inclusive, positions on the FMIA’s Board of Directors. The race had welcoming place to live. been hard fought, but amazingly free of mud-slinging and I am a Louisiana native who moved north with my Yankee dirty tricks. husband, living there for many years. A widow, I returned 4 Poll-watchers declared the balloting to be untainted by ballot- years ago to be closer to my elderly mother and my stuffing, and all voters were apparently alive. Voting followed siblings, abandoning my 30 year old son in Connecticut. I high school rules, with the candidates permitted to vote for chose to live in the Marigny because I fell in love with its themselves. The four candidates were all elected architecture, its friendliness and its diversity. I purchased a unanimously, home on North Rampart St. and have joined the Previously, the two board vacancies created by the thousands in our neighborhood and city who are resignations of Eva Campos and Reg Medelin were filled by renovating homes. As I’ve told my son, I don’t plan on Gretchen Bomboy and Eva Campos. The two members moving again. whose terms expired and have left the board are Ron Petty and Brian Frye. To those who served so tirelessly for the betterment of the Association and the neighborhood, we extend our gratitude and well-wishes. Brief biographies of the new members were printed in the last edition of this newsletter, and are repeated here to insure BOARD MEMBERS the largest possible number of our residents know who the board members are. Future editions will profile the remaining board members. OFFICERS WILL BE CHOSEN Chris Costello (Rectangle Resident & Business Owner) AT THE NEXT BOARD MEETING I have served on the FMIA Board for the last 7 years and am currently serving as president. I'm very interested in remaining on the board so that I can continue to improve our Gretchen Bombay neighborhood while preserving and nurturing the quality-of- [email protected] life and character of the Marigny. My interest in helping to improve the Marigny started in 1998 Eva Campos with the purchase and renovation my home on the corner of [email protected] Chartres and Mandeville, which earned the 2001 Historic District Landmarks Commission Honor Award. When not Ken Caron enjoying our neighborhood, I work with my partner John, who [email protected] owns a public relations firm located in the downstairs of our property. Gene Cizek We are both transplants to New Orleans. John attended Past President Loyola University for his undergraduate, and I attended [email protected] Tulane for my graduate work. We both fell in love with New Orleans and its culture and decided to make our life here. Chris Costello James Farr (Triangle Resident) Jim Farr is a long time [email protected] resident of the "Triangle". He and his partner Louis Huson are practicing architects and have an office in the CBD. Jim James Farr worked on the New Orleans Arena among many other well [email protected] known properties. He also does high end residential consultation. Years back he served on the Board of FMIA Deborah Oppenheim and left to take a job on the Architectural Review Committee [email protected] for the HDLC, which he kept for many years. Thus he has a honed knowledge of our housing and zoning problems. Jim Jason Patterson also sings with the Gay Men’s Chorus and loves to travel to [email protected] Europe where he is this week. Jason Patterson (Triangle Business Owner) I originally Donna Wakeman moved to New Orleans in 1972 into the French Quarter and [email protected] then to moved to my home in Marigny in 1975. I was running the Community Flea Market and the French Market at the time and wanted to promote and develop businesses on Frenchmen Street to create a viable business corridor while COMMITTEES at the same time creating a space for market vendors to expand into. Therefore, I was looking for a building that I could grow into to promote community businesses. My work Advertising Marigny Green enabled me to help open up Snug Harbor, the Marigny Blight Membership Theater, the Arts Supply store and Bicycle Michaels. I Caroling Neighborhood currently own the building Snug Harbor is residing in and Community Outreach Development also book their music. Crime Prevention Newsletter I have perpetually enjoyed the creative environment in the Frenchmen Special Projects Faubourg Marigny and the diverse population living here. My Fundraising Volunteer interest on the board is to help the community by developing Education Walking Tour creative solutions for security and help promote more Home Tour Washington Square Park security in the community. I also want to help the Hospitality Web Site For comments email [email protected].

______12 FMIA Board Meeting c. Walking Tour: The Fifth Annual Walking Tour and Art Market are on October 17th and the rain date is October 24th. This is an September 8, 2010 Minutes educational event. It is focused on the triangle this year. Ken will coordinate the event and Eva will coordinate the Art Market. The music for the event should reflect the nature of the Walking Tour. Board members Present: Chris Costello, Gretchen Bomboy, Gene Volunteers are needed and welcomed. Tour Guides will have Cizek, Ken Caron, Deborah Oppenheim, Eva Campos, Brian Frye practice dates. Thank you Gene, Lloyd, and Bill for all the hard Board Members Absent: None work in creating this event. Guests: None d. Appointments: Chris Costello appointed Eva Campos and Gretchen Call to Order: Chris Costello called the meeting to order at 7:07 pm. Bomboy to the Board Second: Gene Vote: Unanimous Announcements: Old business: a.Community Requests: None Projects Administration a. 1027 Touro Street: Have not received the request for more specific information on the project. No status 1. Approval by email: None We reviewed our email policy that we are consistent with FMIA’s b. Reinventing the Crescent: Trevor, Councilperson Palmer’s Chief of Staff responded to the email. A meeting has been scheduled for policy of not discriminating. 9/14/10 3pm and Chris and Gene will attend. a. Political Ads in the newsletter: No c. 1807 N. Rampart Street: Gretchen sent a letter to support a valet 2. Approval of minutes from 8/4 Board and 8/16 General meetings system for parking. Gretchen moved that we accept the minutes as submitted d. Parking Permits in the Marigny: Public Works, Robert Mendoza Second: Ken Vote: Unanimous wants to have a working group, Chris will follow up. 3. President’s Report e. Washington Square Park Trashcans: The contract is signed and a. Meetings: the treasurer will pay the invoice. Gretchen will get a drawing for i. Café Negril: Deborah/Ken met with Councilperson the cement base which is needed per trash can. Kristen Palmer and Café Negril. f. Washington Square Park Termites in the shed:Ken said that they ii. Lazziza: Chris/Gretchen went to the meeting and they did a really good job. The termites were in everything. They had to must follow the laws. do this twice. They dug 8 inch around the shed which needs to be iii. Code Enforcement: Alex/Chris met with the new person filled in with gravel. They will treat the trees. The City of New at City Hall Orleans contracted with a company to do the work. Gene iv. IT Volunteer: Gretchen/Chris met with Craig Bailey, a mentioned that the Palm trees in Washington Square Park appear volunteer who is the IT person. to have a disease. We will contact Parks and Parkways. v. Security Cameras: Chris met with Kim to discuss g. Walgreen: On the docket for City Council but was deferred – they security cameras. The idea would be to have a need to sign the Community Benefits Agreement. package that people could buy and have a central Issues location with the software and where the cameras are a. Lazziza’s: Still working on resolving the issue. located. Kim is waiting for a quote from Omni b. Mardi Gras Zone: FMIA and Councilperson Palmer have received Technology. complaints regarding the wood burning pizza oven. vi. Jill: Lives in the neighborhood and wants to volunteer. c. 2300 Block of Royal - 18 wheelers: No Status Welcome Jill and thank you for volunteering. d. The John: The issues have not been resolved. vii.AARP Foundation: AARP Foundation Senior Community Service Employment Program helps people e. CVS on St Claude: They have decided against the project. 55+ renter the workforce. Their goal is for participants f. Desperados: Complaints regarding the activities on the second to gain skills to help them find employment. This floor. A letter will be sent to Desperados regarding the zoning program is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department laws. of labor with support from AARP and AARP Foundation. g. Frenchmen St. Deli: Complaints regarding the covered windows on The participant obtains a new skill set and can work up the front of the building and HDLC will be contacted. to 20 hours a week. FMIA has qualified and Clive is our h. Mural on Frenchmen between Adolph’s and Spotted Cat: Contact first SCSEP worker. Welcome Clive. HDLC re inappropriate signage. viii.We received resignations from Board members Ron j. Conflict of Interest Disclosure Form: Board must sign and return to Petty and Reg Medellin. Thank you Reg and Ron for the president. your dedication to FMIA and all your hard work. k. St. Claude: Gene’s class is working on St. Claude. St Claude Main ix. Cake Café: From the sales of Cake Café T-shirts, Steve Street, Eva has been very helpful. St. Claude Main Street would chose FMIA as a recipient of a portion of the T-Shirt like to have banners. They have a few brackets. sales for the past month. Thank you Steve for your New business: donation. Projects 4. Treasurer’s Report: Eva reported that expenses were paid to a. Histories: Brian is recording oral histories. Ken for Night Against Crime. Receipts are needed from the b. Colton School: RSD has chosen who the operator of the school hosts of the other Night Against Crime events in their area. The and not what the neighborhood has wanted. It is a community Policy: The treasurer is responsible for executing anything voted school. The community is an active participant and should have on regarding money. Eva will inform the Board of such payment. input. Selecting the operator of the school was supposed to be a Committee Reports: process. We will send a letter to RSD, Councilperson Palmer, the a. Budget & Audit Committee: Budget: Eva discussed the Budget for Mayor, and City Council. 2010-2011 Other which will be printed in the Newsletter. Chris moved that we c. Flowers for Bernard de Marigny: On all Saints Day by the Dearly accept this as our budget for 2010-2011 Second: Gene Vote: Departed Society, flowers will be place at Bernard de Marigny’s Unanimous Audit: Ed Kepplinger gave the report and gave Tomb at St. Louis #1. It revives the idea of All Saints Day. We recommendations. Chris moved that we approve the audit could adopt the Marigny’s Tomb. Chris moved that if Lloyd agrees Second: Gretchen Vote: Unanimous to head this that we support flowers for All Saints Day for Bernard b. Newsletter: Orchids: Thank you Steve Himlefarb and Cake Café Marigny’s Tomb. Second: Deborah Vote: Unanimous for their donations from the sale of their T-Shirts; Congratulations d. Business Cards: We all need businesses cards. Some should be to the birth of bebe Pierre to the proud parents of Angele and personalized. Chris moved that we purchase the business cards Alex; Red Dress Run was handled very well, thank you; A big stock Second: Gretchen Vote: Unanimous thank you to Ron Petty and Reg Medellin for their time on the e. Office Space: Julian has invited us to look at the Acorn building. Board and we wish them well; Thank you Brian for working on the Histories Project; Onions: property and business owners who do Meeting was adjourned at 10:48 pm not apply for appropriate permits

______13 FMIA General Meeting 7) Mark your calendar for FMIA’s Caroling Event, December 12th. 8) NOCCA: NOCCA has a proposal for expansion. The meeting is September 21, 2010 Minutes September 23rd 7pm at NOCCA in the Jazz Studio. The freshmen class of 2011 will attend the first full time program - arts and academics. 9) Riverfront Update: Chris and Gene met with Cedric Grant, Christine Chris opened the meeting at 7:15 and he welcomed the group. This is Ford, and Councilperson Palmer regarding the Riverfront Park. The FMIA’s election meeting for the Board. person who was in charge of the Riverfront Park did not ratify the contract with the Port and there is a smaller amount of money available. FMIA Board Election: Gary passed out the ballot to cast your vote for Our concerns include a lack of dedicate funding source, access, the names on the ballot. You may vote for 4 people and turn them in to recreation area, security, and parking. The Riverfront Park now will be a Gary. passive park, only the basics. They have signed the agreement with the Speaker/Candidates: Each candidate is given 5 minutes to discuss contractor to do the work. They want to meet with us again to know their platform. The election is October 2nd. what we are thinking. 1) Candidate Mark Gonzalez, First City Court Judge. Q: What is their security plan? A: A possible camera system and they hope that the French Market Corp will clean up and their funding source 2) Candidate Richard Exnicious, Juvenile Court Judge with part of the parking lot monies. Announcements: Q: Access points? A: The “skate board ramp” is gone and are looking into other possibilities for access. 1) Meet the Neighbors at Lost Love Lounge: October12th at 6:30 – 8:30pm Q: Police call boxes A: That is a good idea and will add that. They said that a safety study has to be done because of the railroad tracks. 2) Blight Information: Alex introduced the new volunteer for this committee, Brad. Congratulations to Alex and Angele for the birth of Q: Time line A: Once everything is finalized we will know more about their baby boy, Pierre. the timeline. a) 1119-21 St. Anthony was found guilty 10) St. Roch Market: Good news, the market will reopen. The Mayor has committed to funding the market. The art walk, neutral ground b) St. Roch Market will received the funding for renovation improvements, and park will move separately. We have to brainstorm c) There is a new layout for the blight email alerts what people want in the market. With the opening of Food Coop, it would be wise to have other choices in the neighborhood. There was d) Hearing on Wednesday, September 23rd at 1:15 pm re 1518 Pauger talk about having a regional seafood market. Before they begin e) 2524 Dauphine – filed for an appeal and still guilty construction an operator is needed. 11. Washington Square Park: There is a small plague dedicated to the f) 2230 Chartres – once the new person buys the property they are WWII veterans on the shed and Howard thought it would be nice to still responsible for the blight. At a sheriff sale, the property can honor the veterans. change hands but it is still in the position of the original owners. 12) French Quarter and Marigny Tax District: This will be on the ballot g) 2613 Royal St. Thanks to the new owner for restoring the property on October 2nd. This was an initial idea of the hospitality industry to get Q: Regarding the fine of a blighted house A: It is unclear but they want trash pick and security after the storm. They were initially given $50,000 to get the house back into commerce. It is a process. If a property is out and now monies are needed to continue the district. There are 13 board of code, the City has 60 days auto reset on that property. If work is members and only one Board Member from the Marigny. This district being done an extension can be given. If the city adjudicated the does not include the entire Marigny, only a few blocks in the triangle. property they will have the record. This takes time. Money generated in the Marigny would not be strictly allocated for the Marigny. After weighting all the cons, we have asked to be removed 4) Walking Tour: 5th Annual Walking Tour and Art Market - October 17th from the district which will happen next year. and thanks to Ken Caron for chairing the event. Volunteers are needed for tour guides, event day activities, kid’s tent, art market, and Marigny 13) FMIA Election Board Results: Congratulations to Donna Wakeman, Green. Marigny Green will promote recycling. The rain date is October Jim Fahr, Jason Patterson, and Chris Costello th 24 14) Budget and Audit was given to the attendees for approval. We thank 5) Volunteers: Maureen’s informed the membership of Marigny Green’s Ed Kleppinger for reviewing our financial records. Mr. Chestnut moved accomplishments. FMIA is a volunteer organization and any help is to approve the audit and budget Second: Ken Discussion: None Vote: appreciated to make our neighborhood a better place to live, work, and Unanimous play. For more information contact [email protected] 15) To be a good neighborhood association, it is important to listen to 6) Thank you Officer Alsina ([email protected]) and Officer our membership and move forward the ideas of the membership. Chris Franklin for attending our General Meeting. Officer Alsina reiterated the asked the attendees to complete the SWAT analysis which is a strategic importance of the NOPD Hot Sheet. The Hot Sheets is on line at NOPD planning activity. Comments were written on big post notes and the and is on FMIA’s website. If you are driving by or see something that is questions were: FMIA’s Strengths, Weakness. Opportunities, Threats, not right, please fill out the Hot Sheet. The contact number for these and Short and Long Term Goals. Rebecca, an intern with Deveney is types of problems is 504-821-2222. Fifth District is on Twitter and Face compiling the findings. Book. NOLA Ready is a service that gives crime updates. Fifth District Station 4015 Burgundy St. NOLA 70119 504-658-6050 Meeting adjourned: at 8:15 pm

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General Meet the Green Meetings Neighbors Markets Monday, October 12 ‐Wednesdays‐ October 18 6:30‐8:30 pm French Market & Lost Love 10am ‐ 5pm Monday, Lounge November 15 2529 Dauphine ******** 6:30 Pot Luck St. ‐Saturdays‐ 7:15 Meeting St. Anna’s & St. Paul Episcopal November 9 Church Lutheran 6:30‐8:30 pm Church 1313 Esplanade Magnolia Ave. 2624 Burgundy Physical Therapy St 1 pm ‐ 5 pm 839 Spain St & ************ French Market ************ 10am ‐ 5pm Board Meeting NONPAC ********* Meetings November 3 Gallery th 7:00 ‐9:00 pm 5 District Openings 2408 Chartres 2nd Wednesday St. 7 pm St. Claude Art 2372 St. Claude District ********* Ave Saturday & November 13 Walking 8th District 6pm ‐ 9pm Tour 2nd Thursday see October 17 5:30 pm www.scadnola.com 10am‐4pm 1001 Toulouse ********* Washington ************ Square Park New Orleans ********* St. Claude Bookfair Ave. November 6 Fun for All Main Street 11am – 6pm Nickel a Dance Meetings 500 – 600 Every Sunday Call 616‐7637 Frenchmen St. in October 4pm‐ 7 pm ************ ********* 508 Frenchmen St. *********

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F.M.I.A. Membership Form FMIA Accomplishments in 2010

1. Membership Status: ______New ______Renewal • Defeated the proposed relocation of the Cold Storage Plant and had it to move it to 2. Membership Type: a more suitable location. • Worked with City Planning on the New Master Plan and the Comprehensive Zoning __Individual $15.00 __Business $25.00 Ordinance to strengthen our land use and zoning. __Household $20.00 __Over 65 $5.00 • Raised the funds to spray the beautiful oaks in Washington Square Park to rid them of the buck moth caterpillars and fertilize them. 3. Contact Information: • Fixed the Dauphine/Frenchmen St gate in Washington Square Park Name ______• Maintained Washington Square Park for another year by coordinating weekly trash Address______removal, quarterly clean ups, and routine maintenance to keep our park open and beautiful. ______• Monitored the progress of the riverfront project to ensure our quality of life issues Phone______are mitigated and there is proper planning and funding to guarantee the project will be a success. Email______• Sponsord events including Meet the Neighbors, art markets and music in the park 4. Willing to volunteer? _____Yes ______No to help build community and bring sales to our local businesses. • Installed banners on the light pole along Elysian Fields Avenue to beatify the Make checks payable to F.M.I.A. and mail to: neighborhood and create community awareness. • Selected as one of the Top Ten Great American Neighborhoods for 2009 by the F.M.I.A American Planning Association. 2401 Burgundy Box 10 New Orleans LA 70117 • Produced our Annual Home Tour, Walking Tour and Caroling to raise awareness about our neighborhood and educate people on the unique architectural, cultural and historical significance of our neighborhood.

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