Bucktown Ruins, New Orleans, LA - 2012
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This is the remains of an ornate railing that once surrounded the harbor at Bucktown on the New Orleans lakefront. Bucktown was area of restaurants and nightclubs that was mostly wiped out by Katrina. This railing, that I'm guessing was built in the very early 20th century, has been battered by waves and the debris of the restaurants that once stood over the waters of Lake Ponchartrain. Except for a few restaurants on the Jefferson Parish side, Bucktown is now an area of vacant lots and empty pilings out in the water. Seagulls and pelicans now fish and nest where crowds of tourists and locals once roamed looking for food and entertainment.
1 comments:
Oh how sad.
We were working a trade show in New Orleans just weeks before Katrina.
Haven't been back since.
Its heartbreaking to learn of all the destruction and devastation still seen everywhere.
I do like your picture. It looks like the ancient world.
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