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Triple Canopy Nails NOLA Mania
Nick Lalla | Wed, Nov 12th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: New Orleans | Tags: new orleans, hurricane katrina, nick lalla, ray nagin, triple canopy, brian rosa, disaster tourism, gray line, mardi gras, september 11th | 2
Stop the presses! The (um) September issue of online magazine Triple Canopy is so good...it’s worth ignoring for two months and then rhapsodizing about, a few months too late.
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A First Person View of Hurricane Gustav
Ariella Cohen | Mon, Sep 8th, 2008 | Category: Report | City: New Orleans | Tags: new orleans, ariella cohen, ariella cohen, ray nagin, first person, hurricane gustav | 0
When New Orleans’ mayor Ray Nagin predicted that Hurricane Gustav was going to be the “mother of all hurricanes,” he urged the city’s residents to get out of town or make one of the biggest mistakes of their lives. Writer Ariella Cohen stayed — and here’s what happened.
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Gambling Can Be Addictive, For City Governments
Ariella Cohen | Tue, Aug 26th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: New Orleans | Tags: new orleans, ariella cohen, ariella cohen, racetrack, gambling, ray nagin, harrah's | 0
What is the role of gambling in New Orleans future: a) just another fun pastime; b) a way for the city to recover; c) not the kind of thing the city should invest in if it wants to have a serious economic engine; or d) all of the above. Ariella Cohen spends a day at the tracks and finds out.
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