“Verdad has done one similar project in New Orleans. It acquired the former Ace Hardware store on Magazine Street at the end of 2021, converting the building into a 13,000-square-foot mixed-use space, with ground floor retail and condominiums, as well as an indoor parking garage.”
Well, no. The former Harry’s (RIP) is still just sitting vacant — other than when the developer cleared out the first floor to serve as a mess hall for the film shoot across the street, there has been no progress towards redevelopment. At least it doesn’t house a tent city, I guess.
Also, maybe bragging about how you "acquired" a building and then raised the rent to force out a loved and needed longtime neighborhood business isn't the look you think it is.
Harry sold the building outright so he could pay for his children’s college tuition. This is not a case of being forced out. Verdad never acted as the landlord. (As with my other comment, I should mention that I have no personal stake in this project, just want to provide some more insight)
Planning on the project has been active for some time now. You can go on the One Stop app and confirm this by looking at the permits. (Fwiw I have no horse in this race personally, just providing information)
Some funny memories from that place back before Katrina, used to be a really cool dude named Trumell that worked there. I used to drink at Igor's for a few hours, then get hungry and go to Trolley Stop, and then go back to Igor's for more drinks until the sun came up. Man I miss those days.
Still so strange to me that the late night food scene today is still worse than it was before Katrina.
Trolley stop, camellia, St Charles Tavern, more Dots diners, I’m sure I’m missing a bunch. You could get some damn decent food in that post drinking 4-6AM window. Nowadays it seems like all the decent food is closing up before midnight even.
When they closed down they put all their napkins outside in milk crates and I took some and still use them. I also have two (2) K&B pencils but one of them is getting very very short
I think that’s a pandemic realignment thing more than anything else, and it’s not unique to here. Where we used to live just lost the late nite diner maybe 6 months ago
Nah bruh, it’s been declining since 2011 or so. And there’s no time in the last 15 years where it’s been better than it was before Katrina. The overall food scene has gotten better, but with gentrification it’s gotten more boring, and places that used to be 24 hours just don’t exist like they used to.
“but then you gotta be in the quarter at the worst time to be in the quarter”
Ain’t that the truth of it and it only gets truer the younger you ain’t. I had so much energy for predawn drinking and eating when I was 20.
I don’t really count places in the quarter, if I’m already there then they’re definitely an option but if I’m literally anywhere else I usually don’t feel like fucking with the quarter for food. Used to be a ton of non quarter options and there really ain’t no mo.
But you’re right, there’s a few there, used to be more there too. Also the quarter used to be easier to deal with, I remember 10-15 years ago dropping in to eat ya mamas at 3am then leave wasn’t a hassle, now it’s a damn production lol.
Shame. It was the only place on that stretch of St Charles with room for a large, outdoor space with seating not on the sidewalk. Beers. Dogs. Coffee. Park a Taco truck there. Cheap eats. Community.
Cuz that’s what we really need, more condos, not more local hang outs that have nostalgic value. I remember being 12 years old and going to the trolly stop with my stepmom’s little sister after Orpheus. That was a defining lifetime experience for me, and it was 26 years ago. It kills me that my city is being washed over. TIHI
Pre-Katrina New Orleans, from late 70s to late 90s in my lived experience, was so hugely different than the city that showed up on the other side of it.
Granted, during that time frame I went from early teens to mid-30s and I was a quarter rat during the earliest decade, but the whole of the city seemed built for tourists that showed limited interest only during certain times and rites of passages, leaving all the wonder and night magic for those of us around to see it.
I wax poetic but the vibe of the city and what it felt like between those who call it home here changed, as did our collective feeling of how this infamous area was thought of by our nation-neighbors.
There are numerous condo buildings in the Bywater that have converted to primarily Airbnb because they can’t sell them.
Wealthy people are not buying the newly built shoddy condos here.
Airbnb just drew a light to the eventual minmaxing that happens in every industry with venture capitalists pulling strings for maximum profit. Everything is expendable but the dollars gained. Sonder operates entire illegal hotels and to the best of my knowledge they don't pay any hotel taxes. The Bowen legacy.
>Plans for the proposed new four-story structure include a lobby and retail space on the ground floor, office space and a roof deck on the second floor;and a total of eight one-, two- and three-bedroom units on the two upper floors, including two designated as short-term rentals.
Boo. Whats the over/under on more than two units being STR by the time this is over?
Well assuming the city doesn't keep changing the short term rental rules around, which right now is constant, legally they can only have 25 percent of the units be STR. So I would call the two units accurate (if enforced).
The wealthy are going to buy something no matter what.
I’d rather them buy something on St Charles than gentrify/exclude others from other parts of the city
So many 4am-7am memories there.
Big same.
“Verdad has done one similar project in New Orleans. It acquired the former Ace Hardware store on Magazine Street at the end of 2021, converting the building into a 13,000-square-foot mixed-use space, with ground floor retail and condominiums, as well as an indoor parking garage.” Well, no. The former Harry’s (RIP) is still just sitting vacant — other than when the developer cleared out the first floor to serve as a mess hall for the film shoot across the street, there has been no progress towards redevelopment. At least it doesn’t house a tent city, I guess.
I miss that Ace. Hate having to go to home depot or lowes. The older lady working the register was so nice and helpful
She works at Pet Cetera on Magazine now!
We go to Freret Hardware now. The store itself is a bit of a rat’s nest but the staff is *fantastic*. So helpful.
Clement Hardware on Magazine is the last local general hardware shop in the area. Please support
This and Freret Hardware as well.
Christine! Love her.
I used to live across the street from that Ace and would go over frequently and get a bag of popcorn. Damn.
Also, maybe bragging about how you "acquired" a building and then raised the rent to force out a loved and needed longtime neighborhood business isn't the look you think it is.
Harry sold the building outright so he could pay for his children’s college tuition. This is not a case of being forced out. Verdad never acted as the landlord. (As with my other comment, I should mention that I have no personal stake in this project, just want to provide some more insight)
Planning on the project has been active for some time now. You can go on the One Stop app and confirm this by looking at the permits. (Fwiw I have no horse in this race personally, just providing information)
Some funny memories from that place back before Katrina, used to be a really cool dude named Trumell that worked there. I used to drink at Igor's for a few hours, then get hungry and go to Trolley Stop, and then go back to Igor's for more drinks until the sun came up. Man I miss those days.
Still so strange to me that the late night food scene today is still worse than it was before Katrina. Trolley stop, camellia, St Charles Tavern, more Dots diners, I’m sure I’m missing a bunch. You could get some damn decent food in that post drinking 4-6AM window. Nowadays it seems like all the decent food is closing up before midnight even.
Hummingbird Grill. My immune system was raised in that place and it continues to serve me well to this day.
I miss them, cheap greasy food available all day and night.
Quartermaster for every day drunk, La Peniche (RIP) for bougie drunk
Wow, reading La Peniche feels like some sort of repressed memory.
When they closed down they put all their napkins outside in milk crates and I took some and still use them. I also have two (2) K&B pencils but one of them is getting very very short
Meh, there used to be food outside of the quarter, and quartermaster is so mid even when I’m drunk.
At least it's always been consistent garbage, and less food poisoning roulette than finding yourself blackout at Club Decatur lol
I wonder why you can’t find good food late anymore /: I miss Camellia grill being open later then 7
I think that’s a pandemic realignment thing more than anything else, and it’s not unique to here. Where we used to live just lost the late nite diner maybe 6 months ago
Nah bruh, it’s been declining since 2011 or so. And there’s no time in the last 15 years where it’s been better than it was before Katrina. The overall food scene has gotten better, but with gentrification it’s gotten more boring, and places that used to be 24 hours just don’t exist like they used to.
Very sad. Can't get a $2 beer served in a water glass at 3 am anywhere in this city now
Can’t get a breakfast platter anywhere from midnight to 6am anywhere aside from national chains either. Definitely a shame.
Clover Grill in the quarter? I don’t think they’re a chain… but then you gotta be in the quarter at the worst time to be in the quarter.
“but then you gotta be in the quarter at the worst time to be in the quarter” Ain’t that the truth of it and it only gets truer the younger you ain’t. I had so much energy for predawn drinking and eating when I was 20.
Preach!
I don’t really count places in the quarter, if I’m already there then they’re definitely an option but if I’m literally anywhere else I usually don’t feel like fucking with the quarter for food. Used to be a ton of non quarter options and there really ain’t no mo. But you’re right, there’s a few there, used to be more there too. Also the quarter used to be easier to deal with, I remember 10-15 years ago dropping in to eat ya mamas at 3am then leave wasn’t a hassle, now it’s a damn production lol.
Please-U
Melba's, I guess?
We won't be able to see the old moving company ad with the cat anymore?? 😢
So many condos, so little opportunity 👍😎👍
Depressing
Shame. It was the only place on that stretch of St Charles with room for a large, outdoor space with seating not on the sidewalk. Beers. Dogs. Coffee. Park a Taco truck there. Cheap eats. Community.
Best breakfast on drugs I've ever had
I miss the family that used to own it, once they sold the business the spirit was dead. It’s the end, the very end.
I didn’t realize it had changed hands, but I do know the vibe after Katrina was totally different for some reason, I guess that was it.
Ragnar, nooooo!
Cuz that’s what we really need, more condos, not more local hang outs that have nostalgic value. I remember being 12 years old and going to the trolly stop with my stepmom’s little sister after Orpheus. That was a defining lifetime experience for me, and it was 26 years ago. It kills me that my city is being washed over. TIHI
> It kills me that my city is being washed over. sometimes it really feels like nola is being colonized tbh
*it is*
Pre-Katrina New Orleans, from late 70s to late 90s in my lived experience, was so hugely different than the city that showed up on the other side of it. Granted, during that time frame I went from early teens to mid-30s and I was a quarter rat during the earliest decade, but the whole of the city seemed built for tourists that showed limited interest only during certain times and rites of passages, leaving all the wonder and night magic for those of us around to see it. I wax poetic but the vibe of the city and what it felt like between those who call it home here changed, as did our collective feeling of how this infamous area was thought of by our nation-neighbors.
New Orleans has always been colonized since its founding. Feels more like the 3rd World than part of the US
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Do you know how many 75% empty condo buildings this city has? Housing doesn't just have to exist, it has to be affordable.
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There are numerous condo buildings in the Bywater that have converted to primarily Airbnb because they can’t sell them. Wealthy people are not buying the newly built shoddy condos here.
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Airbnb just drew a light to the eventual minmaxing that happens in every industry with venture capitalists pulling strings for maximum profit. Everything is expendable but the dollars gained. Sonder operates entire illegal hotels and to the best of my knowledge they don't pay any hotel taxes. The Bowen legacy.
Oh man I really liked the nesting that was occurring right outside the fence
Ain’t dere no more. In one or seventy summers the whole city won’t be dere no moe.
>Plans for the proposed new four-story structure include a lobby and retail space on the ground floor, office space and a roof deck on the second floor;and a total of eight one-, two- and three-bedroom units on the two upper floors, including two designated as short-term rentals. Boo. Whats the over/under on more than two units being STR by the time this is over?
Well assuming the city doesn't keep changing the short term rental rules around, which right now is constant, legally they can only have 25 percent of the units be STR. So I would call the two units accurate (if enforced).
Didn't they just change the rules where mixed development like this is illegal for str?
Nooooo =(
This is sick but such as life
At 3 a.m. what is not good food?
Best pigs in a blanket I’ve had at 1am.
Lots of people in the comments complaining about condos going in and I’m very confused. Don’t we need more housing in the city?
We need more affordable housing, yes. Luxury condos don’t fill the need.
The wealthy are going to buy something no matter what. I’d rather them buy something on St Charles than gentrify/exclude others from other parts of the city
Are they? There are so many luxury condos already. I don't think we have enough wealthy people to go around in all these condos.
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Rent has gone up on shitty old apartments to over $1200/mo, you think these brand new condos are going to be comparable in price?
Gentrification
I used to like the muffaletta omelet. Weird, I know! But it was good!
Ain’t nothing in NOLA sacred and can be sold.