Saturday morning was the fall meeting of the Friends of Brechtel Park, and it was quite the success. We managed to have not just one but TWO representatives from the New Orleans City Council in attendance, something that just doesn’t happen very often for a community meeting.
The meeting started out with a short introduction [...]
I’ve written before about Brechtel Park in Algiers, reminding everyone that we have a diamond in the rough – 112 acres on the America’s Wetland Birding Trail that is right in our own backyards and has the potential to rival any other park on the West Bank.
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Growing up in Algiers, I remember when Brechtel Park was originally located along Behrman Highway. Mom and dad would take us out on the weekend to run through the park, play on the monkey bars and merry go round and get rid of all of the pent up energy we kids seemed to always be [...]
Have you noticed all of the freshly planted trees in Algiers along Behrman Highway and Holiday Place? For the past week, a crew has been out planting tons of new trees from Holiday in Walnut Bend all the way along Behrman to the parish line.
There are several types of trees being planted on the neutral [...]
