New Orleans Neighborhoods #16 - McDonoghville

[@wandataylor3550]

My Sister graduated from McDonough 35. Thanks! 😁

[@601TRAVELS]

0:22 I like the view of that bridge. Good video!

[@JohnnieV]

Never heard of this area. Learn something every day. I heard of McDonogh schools.

[@RichardFelstead1949]

Like the railroad bits right at the start.

[@504RoadTrips]

I figured you’d enjoy that!

[@ddnaomi]

I see the roads are still in good shape.

[@504RoadTrips]

Dominique Naomi depends on what you call “good”. Brooklyn Avenue is by far the worst. You have to slalom your way through to avoid the deepest holes. Fortunately, my camera stabilizes pretty well. Techs Street has always been the best maintained. And they recently filled some major holes on Nunez Street that were big enough to swallow up a small car. They currently have the streets torn up around the Point. I think it’s to repair the leaky water mains. Hopefully they won’t just dump cold patch in the holes when they’re done. Those streets haven’t been resurfaced since the mid-70s.

[@ddnaomi]

@@504RoadTrips I was being sarcastic. I noticed you doing the slalom during the video.

[@504RoadTrips]

I wasn't sure how obvious it was in the video.

[@ddnaomi]

As somebody who lives in Louisiana I am familiar with the manoeuvre.

[@RogueExploration]

I remember coming through this area crazy how they run freights on the street

[@504RoadTrips]

From about the starting point in this video, all the way through the city of Gretna, it’s right up the middle of the street. Particularly 4th Street which cuts downtown Gretna in half. It can get you jammed up for a while down by the courthouse if you happen to get caught when a long train is moving out of there. They move around 5 mph or less and may have 40 or 50 cars.

[@RogueExploration]

@@504RoadTrips yeah I've seen long slow moving trains through there before...I'll be busy for awhile at OTR truck driving school won't be home for a few months but will catch up when I can

[@JohnnieV]

Mr mcdonogh lived in the batture? When was the levee system created?

[@504RoadTrips]

The river has shifted position, even after the levees. Look at how much of Algiers Point has been lost over the last 100 years. A large section just downriver of the ferry landing in the last 5 years. As the levees begin to be compromised, they build a second levee inland and eventually, the original levee is removed or erodes away.

[@JohnnieV]

@@504RoadTrips I didn't even know that.

[@goodsung1]

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