New Orleans 2011
posted: May 12, 2011
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I was recently in New Orleans and I spent part of an afternoon roaming around checking out the progress of the recovering city. I was down there about ten months after Katrina and it seemed then like nothing was going well. You could feel the effects of the disaster in every part of town, and especially in the Lower 9th Ward, the neighborhood that took the hardest beating from the failed levees.
On this trip, I saw some signs of optimism in the face of adversity. There’s new homes being built in the 9th Ward by Make It Right and Common Ground and there’s some wonderful new houses sitting on the spots that I saw completely wiped out after Katrina.
On this trip, I saw some signs of optimism in the face of adversity. There’s new homes being built in the 9th Ward by Make It Right and Common Ground and there’s some wonderful new houses sitting on the spots that I saw completely wiped out after Katrina.
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For me, every visit to New Orleans is too short and I always meet new people that make the city the most soulful in the country. If you want to see what’s going on, and how things are looking right now in the Crescent City, you should check out L. Kasimu Harris’ website.
flaherty May 12, 2011
Love the Jax image!
sock May 13, 2011
ironic the lucky dogs are sold outside the absinthe parlor.
you'd need to be plenty high.
great drawings paul.
Jeffrey Smith May 14, 2011
Hey Paul,
Nice drawings... I like the way the paper unifies the color in the Famous Door drawing. And your use of typography is sooo nice... as always.
TBower May 16, 2011
Nice stuff Paul, highly observed but candid and honest.
Robert Saunders May 16, 2011
Nice feel to these in your documentary style Paul.
Douglas Fraser May 16, 2011
There is an interesting marriage of sparseness, color, line, and the hand drawn in these as usual. Beautiful work.
