culture & the contemporary city
“The Stroll, hep vernacular for black Main Street, was the backbone of the chitlin’ circuit from the ’30s-’60s. While researching the circuit in Indianapolis, Houston, New Orleans, and Macon, I always checked out the stroll to see what was left, and found parking lots, on-ramps, or strip malls. I think the fact that these places were paved over is an important aspect of the circuit’s obscurity as it relates to American culture.” (via Preston Lauterbach)
Time seems about right to listen to this American Routes segment featuring the musical and cultural meanderings of the Big Muddy.
In the aftermath of the huge floods that would cause the main flow of the river to jump to the Atchafalaya River…there would be lingering issues that would change the way of life on the lower Mississippi. Instead of 70% flow down the lower Mississippi and 30% flow down the Atchafalaya, the percentages would probably reverse
Best resource yet on Mississippi flood control and the effects of flooding, etc. Must read
“It’s the price you pay to live so close to the water.” - Morgan City resident
