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Generations of New Orleans residents have dreamed of the day when the Claiborne Expressway might be removed. The $1.2 trillion infrastructure package could eventually make that possible.
Generations of New Orleans residents have dreamed of the day when the Claiborne Expressway might be removed. The $1.2 trillion infrastructure package could eventually make that possible.
Generations of New Orleans residents have dreamed of the day when the Claiborne Expressway might be removed. President Biden’s $1.2 trillion infrastructure package could eventually make that possible.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans resident Raynard Sanders can detail the many ways Black businesses and culture thrived under the canopy of oak trees along Claiborne Avenue: the Black insurance companies, the corner lot home to the Black musicians union, the church that held a funeral to bury slavery. And the Mardi Gras gatherings where families watched the Baby Dolls, the Batiste brothers and the Zulu parade. “This was THE street. This is where...