Milwaukee “Unclaimed property” is an interesting concept. What is it really? Years ago, I would have thought it was some share of property in a farm somewhere in the country and people were looking for a long-lost relative who was named in the will, and the state was trying to lend a hand. Or, maybe, …
Mowing the ACORN Farm
New Orleans The ACORN Farm and Orchard is now in its sixth year, having broken our first ground on our half-acre in New Orleans’ lower 9th ward in 2013. Walking the property at different times of the year can be quite amazing now that a number of seasons have come and gone. Long row beds …
Aftermath of Expressway Fights Fifty Years Ago
New Orleans A front page article in the Times-Picayune/New Orleans Advocate noted that days over fifty years ago then Transportation Secretary John Volpe pulled the plug on plans to build an expressway that would have run along the Mississippi River and through the historic Vieux Carre, transforming and destroying parts of the famous New …