Per requests, and because I had a lazy day....here are 100 photos I took of New Orleans this afternoon on a nice Fall drive. We start out at my house, and simply drive down St. Charles Ave. turn onto Carrollton Ave., go into areas that flooded, hit the Lakefront, head through Downtown, and the French Quarter and then come back to my neighborhood and home. Enjoy...some of the photos will have explanations on top, but, there are exactly 100 photos and I'm not captioning 100 pics. I'm posting all of the photos. I was driving, so some are blurry, but, they are clear enough for you to see what's up. About 75% of these photoes are taken in areas that had 5 or more feet of water 15 months ago, so you can clearly see that, while still damaged, the area is trying to come back from the storm. I went to flooded areas with this tour on purpose...it's a different tour than I've offered you guys in previous photo threads. I've never photographed many of these neighborhoods for this board until now.

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Christmas decorations are just beginning to show up in my Uptown neighborhood...

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St. Charles Ave. Uptown...

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Here is a stop light still down at State St. and St. Charles Ave. The replacement of over 600 stoplight intersections is almost complete...

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Tulane University..

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Audubon Park..

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Further Uptown on Carrollton, heading towards flooded areas...

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Area that had around 5 feet of floodwaters...

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One of many, many new stoplights...

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The next 8 photos are in areas that had 8 to 12 feet of floodwaters in the City of New Orleans:

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Christmas Decorated Streetcar...

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Mid-City Apartment Building...

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Water was over 12 feet at this location for several blocks in Mid-City...I stopped at this little convenience store to pick up a couple of beers...

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Getting deep into Mid-City where water was very deep everywhere...

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Still living in a FEMA trailor as the house wraps up renovations...

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Bayou St. John around the Faubourg..

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Getting Into City Park:

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A damaged City Park Oak tree lives on....

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Flooded home is now completed it's renovations...

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But, this one looks like it will be another 2 to 3 months before it is ready to be inhabited...the ground work is just complete. (notice the home next door that still has floodwater lines)

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Just starting to come back to life in Lakeview!

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New Orleans Lakefront...

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A gutted home...

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The famous flooded Lakeview that we all heard about on the news for days...

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New Condos on the way around Lakeview...

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Hard to see...new mega-size flood gates at the 17 St. Canal:

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Blurry...New Orleans' Yachts..

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Wanna Party?

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Lakefront...

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Downtown New Orleans in the distance...

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Lakefront neighborhood...

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University of New Orleans...

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Bulldozed...

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Canal Blvd Trying to come back from over 11 feet of water everywhere we see for almost 3 weeks!

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One of over 50 brand new McDonald's sprouting up in flooded areas! :D

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Busy Lowes!!

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Getting towards Downtown...sorry blurry. I was driving...

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Just a few of the French Quarter...we've all seen the Quarter before on this site...

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Mime:

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Beignets!

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Tourists:

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Edge of the Quarter getting towards Downtown..

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Hard to see...But, it is Harrah's Casino:

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Trump Tower Sign (68 storeys on the way):

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Poydras St. Downtown New Orleans:

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Arena Football Comes Back in Spring..New Orleans VooDoo:

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Offices:

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45 Storey's of condos coming here:

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Downtown New Orleans:

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New Tower Coming on this corner..blurry again:

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Federal Court of Appeals:
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Downtown Grit:

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Radio Station...DIVA 92.3 advertisement:

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Tracage Condos To Be Here...Hard to see the sign:

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Demolition for Tracage has begun:

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Urban Apartment complex:

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Inner City home under construction:

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Inner City residential development:

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Getting back Uptown..residential:

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My neighborhood Starbucks! :D

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Some friends (young married couple), of mine have been renovating and living in this home for a couple of years:

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Back in my stomping grounds:

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Felix's Uptown: Where I Eat Raw Oysters!!!

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Prytania St.

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Single Screen Movie Theater in My neighborhood....Alive and Well!

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Just a neighborhood shot:

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The end...I think I didn't use several photos, so it's just under 100. Enjoy!

One of the best photo threads I've seen in some time :pepper:

It's great to see the city coming back.
Hopefully, the MS coast is also getting it together. An acquaintance's sister there is still living in a trailer, having trouble getting $$$ from insurance to rebuild her house.

AWESOME tour, Sean. Seriously man, great job with that. For everyone outside of New Orleans, there was no bias in these pictures, you're not looking at New Orleans through rose colored glasses, that is New Orleans today; recovering. Many of those pictures, like Sean mentioned, were taken in neighborhoods that were flooded with up to 15 feet of water after Katrina, and they are all on their way back.

Downtown is booming, the French Quarter is back and better than ever, the tourists are coming back, the residents are coming back, the heavily devastated neighborhoods are on their way back, and New Orleans icons like City Park are slowly but surely on their way back. We have a very long way to go, but we are getting there, there's no doubt about that.

Thank you very much for that tour, Sean.

Sean, I noticed one of your pictures is similar to one I took a few weeks ago out near UNO. Here it is...
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Sean, I noticed one of your pictures is similar to one I took a few weeks ago out near UNO. Here it is...
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You're correct...I was about a half of a mile behind this spot on Lakeshore Dr.

Ahh beautiful. Perhaps I need to make it down there again fairly soon...

I have seen a dozen or so photo threads, especially one on HAIF, that portrayed the parts of New Orleans that have not recovered hardly. Sorta stuck in my mind at the moment, but since I believe it to be of relative importance, I need to judge it for myself.

Sean, New Orleans is truly a city with character and soul. Can't wait until it is completely recovered, but even today it is hard to hide the beauty. Can't praise your photos enough... Thanks for sharing these pics with us.

I was in New Orleans the weekend before Thanksgiving, and I went all over the city. These photos are very representative of NOLA. A lot of progress has been made, but Lakeview looks really bad. Although it is one of the wealthier areas of New Orleans, it still has a very wide range of incomes. All neighborhoods in New Orleans seem to be like that.

Sean: Great job, man! Greetings to all from New York. I was asked today whether there was "still water in the city." The media and stupidity are not our friends!

Sean: Great job, man! Greetings to all from New York. I was asked today whether there was "still water in the city." The media and stupidity are not our friends!

Your welcome. LOL...I've heard some wonder whether we have potable water and it's been 15 months for Christ's sake, since the storm. The ignorance is mind-boggling sometimes!! :lol:

You're lucky to live in such a nice city

I think that those are reasonable questions for people to ask. For those still living in FEMA trailers, 15 months doesn't look so hot. Instead of bashing them you should be grateful that the public has an understanding of just how devastating the events were. Be grateful that non NO residents still care about the condition and future of your city for they will lose interest soon enough.

I think that those are reasonable questions for people to ask. For those still living in FEMA trailers, 15 months doesn't look so hot. Instead of bashing them you should be grateful that the public has an understanding of just how devastating the events were. Be grateful that non NO residents still care about the condition and future of your city for they will lose interest soon enough.

Oh, I do, and trust, nobody understands the tragedy more than the ones who live here. I didn't mean to sound harsh...New Orleanians are very grateful for all the care, compassion, and concern. But, it is OK to drink water in New Orleans, if anyone ever asks...

It looks like it won't be too long until New Orleans is 100% back, I'd say a year or so. I didn't think it would ever come back, but it is looking to prove me wrong, and that is something to be happy about! :)

You're lucky to live in such a nice city

You really are. It must be great to be a part of a major rebuilding effort.

You really are. It must be great to be a part of a major rebuilding effort.

Well, it has been one of the most painful life experiences one could imagine. I would hardly call it "great." It is comforting and makes a citizen proud to watch my city come back, but, it is very hard to put into words or, even, photos, where we have come from with this event. I have had many friends and family lose it all. As stated before, my own parents had over 17 feet in their home and it just got bulldozed about a month ago. It has been very painful...no sugarcoating this hurricane event for New Orleans. But, there is only one thing to do...move forward. And we all are doing just that, it seems, in our own way. But, we are moving forward. We still have a ways to go, but, we will get there. We've done it before in this city....I really just hope and wish that everone will always remember one thing that really pains us in New Orleans, and that is over 1500 people drowned on the streets of this city in a matter of hours (many on the streets in this photo thread). Yeah, it is about the city coming back, but, we should never forget the innocents that nature claimed. That is important. We are hurting with that fact, in New Orleans, as well.

Bravo. My position on the New Orleans issue is one that many have obviously found hostile, so I'll state it bluntly for the record.

New Orleans needs our charity, not our pity, not our NBA teams, and also, in order to recover fully, New Orleans needs a change from corrupt and inept local and state politicians, for whom they have only themselves to blame. If you give money, which is obviously going to go towards a good cause, make sure it gets in the hands of groups like the Red Cross who actually came to New Orleans' rescue during those post-impact hours and days and months. There will be many more Katrinas to come. The next disaster will be Memphis, which is fixing to be crushed by an earthquake, which is predicted to be an even more catastrophic event. Memphis will need our charity and our support, not our pity and trophy teams.

Bravo. My position on the New Orleans issue is one that many have obviously found hostile, so I'll state it bluntly for the record.

New Orleans needs our charity, not our pity, not our NBA teams, and also, in order to recover fully, New Orleans needs a change from corrupt and inept local and state politicians, for whom they have only themselves to blame. If you give money, which is obviously going to go towards a good cause, make sure it gets in the hands of groups like the Red Cross who actually came to New Orleans' rescue during those post-impact hours and days and months. There will be many more Katrinas to come. The next disaster will be Memphis, which is fixing to be crushed by an earthquake, which is predicted to be an even more catastrophic event. Memphis will need our charity and our support, not our pity and trophy teams.

I agree....New Orleans needs the support, but, we have to (and are) doing various things on our own. We are not here for handouts, and that is inappropriate. As far as New Orleans' professoinal sports teams..the citizens will support the teams (obviously), but, at this time, as we recover, it is best for New Orleans to leave the decisions regarding our pro teams with our business leaders, government officials, and the respective CEO's of the NFL, the NBA, and the AFL. I have full confidence that the appropriate decisions will be made. We love sports in this city, but, will wait the time until our teams can fully resume operations in our city. We understand. And, it appears, that they hold the same posiiton as we do. It seems that the time is now for our teams to come back. I believe the NBA should have returned to the City for this season. They did stay away another year per the State of Louisiana's recommedation, but, I think it was a mistake. The City came back quicker than most thought and, now, people are a little bitter that the NBA did not come back this year. They have some "making up," to do, but, it will pass over time, especially, once the NBA All-Star game comes to New Orleans. It is a planned reunion of the NBA and the City of New Orleans. Until then, many are sour that the NBA didn't follow the NFL's grand reunion sooner....

dood, i hate driving around the french quarter..worse than mahnattan on a weekday.

good job and thanks for the tour

Bravo. My position on the New Orleans issue is one that many have obviously found hostile, so I'll state it bluntly for the record.

New Orleans needs our charity, not our pity, not our NBA teams, and also, in order to recover fully, New Orleans needs a change from corrupt and inept local and state politicians, for whom they have only themselves to blame. If you give money, which is obviously going to go towards a good cause, make sure it gets in the hands of groups like the Red Cross who actually came to New Orleans' rescue during those post-impact hours and days and months. There will be many more Katrinas to come. The next disaster will be Memphis, which is fixing to be crushed by an earthquake, which is predicted to be an even more catastrophic event. Memphis will need our charity and our support, not our pity and trophy teams.



I agree with your position.

What I do not agree with is the media and the public's facination with New Orleans' corruption. Wherever there is government, there is a level of corruption. The culture here, unlike in many other places, has been to acknowledge its existence and make fun of it, rather than to ignore its existence and then react with faux shock when one is forced to acknowledge its existence.

It's frustrating hearing about political corruption. No doubt, we have a shameful history in that category. But what pains me the most is that people keep electing idiots into office. And I'd bet that people like ourselves actually try to vote for the right cantidate. Obviously, we are more concerned with civic affairs than most people. Problem is, our cantidates never win. It's a function of having uneducated voters... something we have no shortage of in New Orleans. I hope it changes, and I think it will. It's just going to take time.

I agree with your position.

What I do not agree with is the media and the public's facination with New Orleans' corruption. Wherever there is government, there is a level of corruption. The culture here, unlike in many other places, has been to acknowledge its existence and make fun of it, rather than to ignore its existence and then react with faux shock when one is forced to acknowledge its existence.

All I can say is, while corruption is pretty silly of a charge in Howdyland of all places, I can say we Okies are more than happy to acknowledge the problem with our government, that they all have an IQ of an alpaca...

You're turn, wherever you are. Truth or dare... :)

SRG: your signature is too long; can only be 5 lines of text or less.

SRG: your signature is too long; can only be 5 lines of text or less.


And his avitar is too abnoxious.

So is yours.

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I've been to New Orleans one time. I went through almost all of the same areas when I was there. My girlfriend's brother lived within walking distance of Tulane (where he went to law school) and we went to the park across the street. We went to the lake and drove around for a very long time. It was a great experience. What a great city. Thanks for the photos. One shot is of a place on St. Charles. We went to mass at the Episcopal Cathedral there on St. Charles and drank coffee across the street. It's looks similar to where I was.....

a tour i've been waiting for. very nice!! :okay:

Makes me want to visit New Orleans even more, nice pics!

Makes me want to visit New Orleans even more, nice pics!


WE NEED VISITORS. Visit us!

Best New Orleans thread.I've bee in your city in 1996,great memories.Hope to see more pic's of Kenner area.

I agree with your position.

What I do not agree with is the media and the public's facination with New Orleans' corruption. Wherever there is government, there is a level of corruption. The culture here, unlike in many other places, has been to acknowledge its existence and make fun of it, rather than to ignore its existence and then react with faux shock when one is forced to acknowledge its existence.

people acknowledge it, but it'd be probably more beneficial if they did something other than just acknowledge.

There is no way around it...everything, good and bad about New Orleans is under the microscope right now and those of us that live here simply accept that fact. We have a murder...it's all over CNN and FOX. If Philly has a murder...really, they had murder?!? This will change over time. But, it does crack me up. Mankind is so fictitious, IMO.

There is no way around it...everything, good and bad about New Orleans is under the microscope right now and those of us that live here simply accept that fact. We have a murder...it's all over CNN and FOX. If Philly has a murder...really, they had murder?!? This will change over time. But, it does crack me up. Mankind is so fictitious, IMO.

eh, murder in Philly is expected ;) ... it's probably national news when there is NOT a murder.

What a beautiful city! I really love this town. This shot reminds me so much of Galveston, it is unreal

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