Posts tagged Macon Fry
Life On The River's Edge
Life On The River's Edge

Between the levee and the Mississippi River is the batture – a lively slip of wilderness that a tiny community calls home. There's batture land right here in the midst of metropolitan New Orleans – but unless you're lucky enough to know a batture dweller, there's a good chance you weren't aware of one of the city’s most unconventional neighborhoods.

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Book, Dining, Food, HistoryPoppy TookerPoppy Tooker, Louisiana Eats, Louisiana Eats!, Macon Fry, They Called Us River Rats: The Last Batture Settlement of New Orleans, Dickie Brennan, Tulane University, Oliver HouckComment
Life on the River's Edge
Life on the River's Edge

Between the levee and the Mississippi River is the batture – a lively slip of wilderness that a tiny community calls home. There's batture land right here in the midst of metropolitan New Orleans – but unless you're lucky enough to know a batture dweller, there's a good chance you weren't aware of one of the city’s most unconventional neighborhoods.

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Book, Food, RestaurantPoppy TookerMacon Fry, Dickie Brennan, Oliver Houch, Poppy Tooker, Louisiana EatsComment