Tagged ‘Mardi Gras’
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Mardi Gras as a Citywide Revolt Against the Car
Mardi Gras is many things, but rarely called a pedestrian revolt against the car. James A. Reeves recounts his experience this year in New Orleans as he foolishly tried to drive around the city.
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In Québec and Beyond, Celebrating the City in the Frozen Outdoors
As a growing collection of cities can attest, life isn’t so bad in the northern latitudes if you know how to play in the snow.
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Dispatch from NOLA: What Happens When Your City Puts Tourists First
New Orleans depends on tourists attracted to big events such as this year’s Super Bowl. But this means that much of the city’s economic development and infrastructure improvements don’t touch the lives of people who live and work here.
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City on a Bender
A visual dispatch from New Orleans, where Mardi Gras is in full swing.
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Triple Canopy Nails NOLA Mania
Stop the presses! The (um) September issue of online magazine Triple Canopy is so good…it’s worth ignoring for two months and then rhapsodizing about, a few months too late.
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