My childhood home – upper 9th ward...(click to embiggen)Read the rest of this story and view the photos HERE.
After being born at Ochsner, I was brought back to this home. I lived here the first 8 years of my life, in the upper 9th ward. My parents were poor, their first home was in the Desire housing projects, then they moved here several years before I came along. We lived here until my parents were able to purchase their first home.
My dad parked his old Chevy in this garage. It was flooded out by Hurricane Betsy in 1965, but he was able to salvage it by drying out the gas tank and then drove it for a few more years until it rusted out. I learned how to ride a bicycle along this sidewalk.
And so it goes.
You've come a long way baby!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute home. I checked out the link...very charming.
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