http://b.rox.com/2005/05/21/three-mile-hike/ Life in the Flood Zone Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:06:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://b.rox.com/2005/05/21/three-mile-hike/#comment-138842 b.rox » Blog Archive » Departing Friends Wed, 22 Aug 2007 20:17:37 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2005/05/22/three-mile-hike/#comment-138842 [...] this is the right choice at this moment. It so happens that David was the person who first got me interested in the Lafitte Greenway project which has been slowly inching [...] [...] this is the right choice at this moment. It so happens that David was the person who first got me interested in the Lafitte Greenway project which has been slowly inching [...]

]]> http://b.rox.com/2005/05/21/three-mile-hike/#comment-111845 b.rox » Blog Archive » 3rd Annual Hike Mon, 07 May 2007 17:49:26 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2005/05/22/three-mile-hike/#comment-111845 [...] day in May 2005, three friends got together and hiked three miles through the heart of New Orleans along the old [...] [...] day in May 2005, three friends got together and hiked three miles through the heart of New Orleans along the old [...]

]]> http://b.rox.com/2005/05/21/three-mile-hike/#comment-16586 b.rox » Blog Archive » 2nd Annual Hike Mon, 15 May 2006 21:09:56 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2005/05/22/three-mile-hike/#comment-16586 [...] On May 21st of last year, with a couple friends, I hiked about three miles through New Orleans following the (mostly) abandoned Norfolk-Southern rail line. This line runs from Armstrong Park to Canal Boulevard, through the area known as the “Lafitte Corridor.” (Click to enlarge the map.) [...] [...] On May 21st of last year, with a couple friends, I hiked about three miles through New Orleans following the (mostly) abandoned Norfolk-Southern rail line. This line runs from Armstrong Park to Canal Boulevard, through the area known as the “Lafitte Corridor.” (Click to enlarge the map.) [...]

]]> http://b.rox.com/2005/05/21/three-mile-hike/#comment-15931 b.rox » Blog Archive » No Glory Thu, 04 May 2006 01:28:13 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2005/05/22/three-mile-hike/#comment-15931 [...] I first learned of the project when I saw it on the City Planning Commission’s docket. It got my attention because I’d also had my eye on that parcel of land as part of a rails-to-trails project that I was researching pre-Katrina. So I contacted some people that also had an interest in the trail idea. I was psyched when I learned the LIFT project includes a bike path. This could be just the catalyst to get that larger linear park/bike path built. (More on that in the near future.) But all the people I spoke to seemed to think we shouldn’t go to the press too soon. They wanted to play it a little closer to the vest. That’s not my style, and I didn’t really follow the logic, but I deferred to their judgment. [...] [...] I first learned of the project when I saw it on the City Planning Commission’s docket. It got my attention because I’d also had my eye on that parcel of land as part of a rails-to-trails project that I was researching pre-Katrina. So I contacted some people that also had an interest in the trail idea. I was psyched when I learned the LIFT project includes a bike path. This could be just the catalyst to get that larger linear park/bike path built. (More on that in the near future.) But all the people I spoke to seemed to think we shouldn’t go to the press too soon. They wanted to play it a little closer to the vest. That’s not my style, and I didn’t really follow the logic, but I deferred to their judgment. [...]

]]> http://b.rox.com/2005/05/21/three-mile-hike/#comment-9026 Michael Sun, 22 May 2005 15:45:06 +0000 http://b.rox.com/archives/2005/05/22/three-mile-hike/#comment-9026 I too got sunburned. Yesterday there were record high temperatures in N.O. I too got sunburned. Yesterday there were record high temperatures in N.O.

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