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Yep. The most infamous project wars New Orleans had were Magnolia vs. Melphomine & St. Bernard vs. Lafitte. Sometimes, Magnolia, Melphomine & Calliope would team up and take on St. Bernard, Lafitte & Florida. In Uptown, there's an elementary school situated right between the Magnolia & Melph projects (can't remember the name). Kids from each project would get into fights every day after school. When teens & adults would get in the mix, it wasn't even 5 minutes until gunfire broke out. In New Orleans Exposed, there was a section on the city's project wars. Nowadays, the only rivalry in New Orleans is Uptown vs. Downtown, and even you don't hear much about that. The 13th & 17th wards had a pretty big rivalry in the 90s and from 2000-2002 but that's been squashed. For the most part, everyone in the Uptown wards get along. Downtown it's a whole different story.

Pics of/Information about New Orleans' most notorious housing projects The Calliope Projects were built in 1941 and house 3,500 people on 56 acres of land. Due to damage from Katrina, the project remains closed. The Magnolia Projects were built in two phases, the first phase in 1941 with another expansion in 1955. Houses approximately 2,100. Bounded by Louisiana Ave., S. Claiborne Ave., Washington Ave., & LaSalle St. The area sustained severe flooding during Hurricane Katrina. The Melphomine Projects is our only high-rise project, at a commanding 12 stories. Most N.O. housing projects are no more than 4 stories. Will be cleaned up & repaired. I gotta admit, the Melph is one of our better looking developments, landscape-wise. P.S: While in New Orleans, it's a custom to represent your respective housing project. You'll hear folks mention different names of various housing projects in the city. New Orleans rappers have brought the aforementioned projects to the mainstream. Also, each of the Uptown housing projects has their own dress code. For example, in the Magnolia, you'll see young men wear black headbands with "Magnolia" written in bold white letters.

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What is everyone's day job? I work for the New Orleans Convention & Visitors Bureau.

New Orleans is getting some long overdue, positive attention. I like that.

to this site to see 10 minutes of N.O. Exposed. If you wanna see the whole movie, go to any store around N.O. and you'll find it.

New Orleans police don't give a damn. Let 5 people get shot in the French Quarter or on St. Charles Ave and they'll be all over it. But since the murders happened in the inner-city, some of them are probably like "Another murder in the ghetto, whoopee"

Bang Bang Bang! I see dead people, 52 slain, count 'em The last time this many people were taken out was back in 2000, when 6 German tourists were shot up in the French Quarter. Just shows you how much of a contrast there is in Uptown. One minute you're in a upper-class, multi-million $ area, and the next you're in some of Uptown's most treacherous areas. Those same people who shot up those young folks, they'll be dead within 3 months.

Houston is a cool city. I enjoy taking frequent trips as it is similar to New Orleans in terms of culture, food, music.

By N.O. standards 215 is a pretty good number, way better than the 275 in 03-04 and a hell of a lot better than the 421 killings we got in '94. Let Gary, IN have the murder capital crown, us New Orleans folk don't want it no more

Those who think he's a good mayor and support him should be happy he got another term. Those who aren't I imagine are livid. All I'm gonna say is Nagin has his work cut out for him, he knows that just as much as the citizens.

I got this idea from the Miami/South Florida forum. Let's do a round of New Orleans facts/trivia. I'll start: Second line, New Orleans *One thing worth mentioning about the Second Line is that it is a vital part of New Orleans culture, it has been going on for years. Onlookers would go as far as to join in, or get ahead of the band & first line, which is frowned upon by elder New Orleanians.

Yep, I bought N.O. exposed from a mom & pop record store in Uptown. I spend my money all over N.O.

New Orleans is on the move, there's no stoppin' us. We're gonna have serious money coming in from those events.

I'm digging that Don't let nobody take credit for your photos, let em' know they can't jack your photos and not give props.

The thing is a lot of the wards are predominantly black & have been for years. There is very little diversity in any of the New Orleans wards. The 13th Ward (where I reside) is a good example of this.

Yep, but for the most part it's minimal. Now I'm not racist in the least bit, but the hispanics that come into certain wards trying to run things, quickly get sent back via gunfire.

The most disturbing thing is that a 12-year old is smoking a blunt. I like how the narrator said point blank, there are no gangs in N.O & it's true, there are no gangs here, just wards beefing with each other from time to time.

-The title is self-explanatory. A different side of New Orleans that few people know about, other than N.O. natives. I gotta warn y'all, there's some shocking footage in this movie. View at your own risk.

The thing is, Juvenile was one of the most outspoken rappers concerning the Hurricane Katrina situation. He didn't cut no corners, just told it straight up. Basically he was saying how Ray Nagin had several school buses that could have shipped evacuees out of the city during the storm and didn't use that, and you can't blame. New Orleans rappers have done MORE for hurricane victims than local gov't. They have given money to hurricane victims, bought homes for evacuees returning, etc. New Orleans based rapper Master P even did a Hurricane Katrina relief album with the 504 Boyz. Because many of them live in the suburbs, they lost their homes so that was one of the main reasons for them helping out so vigorously.

I practically fall in love with the aquarium.

Of course, I wasn't about to stay around and get caught up in all the pandemonium. Most of my time was spent in Baton Rouge during the Katrina fiasco, I was able to return 6 months after Katrina hit.

13th Ward saw very little, if any damage from Katrina. The ward is one of the furthest from the river. Parts of MLK over by the Magnolia, Melph and Calliope housing projects got hit the worst.

My name is Derrick. I'm representin' Uptown New Orleans, 13th Ward; Martin Luther King Blvd. @ Valence St., go one block further to Valence & Magnolia, and not too far from that intersection, you'll see portions of the Magnolia Projects.

Mayor Nagin should be ashamed of himself, he of ALL people believed the reports of mayhem painted by the press & public officials. Now, did he really think people were actually stupid enough to have gunfights in the Superdome, knowing someone would be caught in the crossfire? There was only ONE attempted rape of a little girl, but the fool who tried that quickly got done in.