I’m not getting enough exercise here, so I decided to take a walk around Lafayette Park. From my house on MacKay to the park is about 180 m. The complete walk, door to door, around the circumference of the park … Continue reading →
One of the big draws to the House and Garden tour in Lafayette Square are all the antique stalls set up around the Lafayette Park perimeter fence. Here are some sights and interesting old objects I saw while wandering around. … Continue reading →
Lafayette Park forms a beautiful 30 acre anchor for the Lafayette Square neighborhood which surrounds it. Established by city ordinance in 1851, it is the oldest developed urban park in the Louisiana Purchase territory acquired from France in 1803. Here … Continue reading →