[MarignyBywater] Fwd: [MarketNews] Traffic stopped by Bridge and Train on St. Claude Avenue: Market Closed for Renovation

[Andrea Garland]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Greta Gladney <ggladney at therenaissanceproject.la>
> Date: August 28, 2009 11:41:39 AM CDT
> To: marketnews at dnmc.org
> Subject: [MarketNews] Traffic stopped by Bridge and Train on St.  
> Claude Avenue: Market Closed for Renovation
>
> Greetings Friends,
>
> Stop by tomorrow, on the 4th anniversary of you know what, to buy  
> fresh catfish, drum and shrimp from Warren Delacroix; fresh and  
> pickled okra, tomatoes, cucumbers and cantaloupes from Backwoods  
> Farm; handmade strawberry lemonade, kettlecorn and pork skins from  
> Don and Deneen Harding; and portabella mushroom sandwiches, beef  
> tamales, banana nut bread and hot pepper jelly from Sally Cobb.
>
> Join 60 volunteers at 9AM in gardening and beautification projects  
> around Douglass High and in front of the Alvar Street Public Library.
>
> Creative Forces performs at 1:30PM in the auditorium. See attached  
> press release.
>
> I remember stopping for the St. Claude bridge and a train at Press  
> St. too, sometimes twice the same day but no less than five times a  
> week, ‘catching’ one or the other, on my way to work downtown.  
> Everyone sat at a standstill, inconvenienced, for blocks in both  
> directions as a tugboat and a couple of barges slowly coasted  
> through the locks or an engine chugged forward half a block then  
> back, over and over again, to the sound of levers, iron and steel,  
> unhitching railcars.
>
> This morning under the comforting breeze and quiet whir of our  
> ceiling fan, I consider the plight and perspective of the bridge  
> operator and railroad conductor as we stop traffic and bring our  
> work to a screeching halt for the purpose of getting on track and  
> directing the course of our projects.
>
> We will close the Upper 9th Ward Farmers market during the month of  
> September to do housecleaning, repair and renovations. We reopen on  
> October 3rd and celebrate our three-year anniversary in November. As  
> we make progress please accept our sincere apologies for the pain  
> and inconvenience.
>
> Now driving down St. Claude from a different direction, the train  
> and bridge still stop us, though less frequently. In my mother’s  
> voice, my two-year old granddaughter laughs as my “toot, toot, toot”  
> mimics the signal for the operator to lower the bridge.
>
> Take good care,
>
> Greta
>
> 1-4pm  - Upper Ninth Ward Farmers Market
>
> Frederick Douglass High School, 3820 St. Claude Avenue corner  
> Pauline Street
>
>
>
> Greta Gladney, Executive Director
>
> The Renaissance Project
>
> 3330 Canal Street
>
> New Orleans, LA 70119
>
> 504.822.8885 phone
>
> 504.617.6700 fax
>
>
>
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