https://mikescottwrites.com/2021/06/05/former-hollygrove-church-is-vacant-but-not-forgotten/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/hollygrove-church-01.jpghollygrove church 01https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/hollygrove-church-2.jpghollygrove church 22021-06-06T16:20:36+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2021/05/22/sarah-burnhardt-performed-there-today-it-is-a-parking-garage/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/inside-history-sarah-burnhardt-cake.jpginside-history-sarah-burnhardt-cakehttps://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/inside-history-greenwall-theatre-02.jpginside-history-greenwall-theatre-02https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/inside-history-greenwall-theatre-01.jpginside-history-greenwall-theatre-012021-06-06T13:40:08+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2021/05/29/the-dark-history-of-new-orleans-iconic-beauregard-keyes-house/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/inside-history-beauregard-keyes-house-02.jpginside-history-beauregard-keyes-house-02https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/inside-history-beauregard-keyes-house-03.jpginside-history-beauregard-keyes-house-03https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/inside-history-beauregard-keyes-house-01.jpginside-history-beauregard-keyes-house-012021-06-06T13:38:08+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2021/05/09/how-an-1874-romance-story-gave-one-of-the-oldest-french-quarter-buildings-its-name/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/inside-history-madame-johns-legacy.jpginside-history-madame-johns-legacy2021-05-09T13:23:27+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2021/01/23/end-of-the-line-a-look-inside-new-orleans-old-southern-railway-terminal/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/inside-history-terminal-interior.jpginside-history-terminal-interiorhttps://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/inside-history-terminal-floorplan.jpginside-history-terminal-floorplanhttps://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/inside-history-terminal-demolition.jpg1955 Press Photo New Orleans - View of Southern Railway Terminal at Basin StreetNew Orleans - At the head of Storyville--The Southern Railway Terminal at Basin Street.https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/inside-history-southern-railway-terminal.jpginside-history-southern-railway-terminal2021-01-23T15:06:36+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2020/12/15/before-mr-bingle-meet-new-orleans-first-king-of-christmas/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/piffets-banner.jpgpiffets-banner2020-12-15T11:57:45+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2020/08/10/this-twilight-air-the-rise-and-fall-of-new-orleans-long-lost-main-library-at-lee-circle/2020-08-10T11:39:19+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2020/05/09/the-haunted-house-of-lakeview-the-story-behind-a-slow-motion-new-orleans-tragedy/2020-05-09T15:13:51+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/10/30/when-charlton-heston-suited-up-for-the-new-orleans-saints/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/charlton_heston_number_one_banner.jpgcharlton_heston_number_one_banner2020-01-07T16:45:21+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/12/26/the-sultans-house-the-haunted-history-of-one-of-the-french-quarters-most-photographed-buildings/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/sultans_house_balcony_view.jpgsultans_house_balcony_view2020-01-07T16:25:34+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2020/01/01/a-look-back-at-the-swinging-2010s-a-decade-defined-by-fluctuating-fortunes/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/drewbrees207.jpgdrewbrees2072020-01-07T16:15:24+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/07/02/faith-hope-and-bum-phillips-remembering-the-new-orleans-saints-cowboy-coach/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/bum-phillips-at-desk-1.jpg1975 Press Photo Houston Oilers football coach O.A. 'Bum' Phillips sits at deskHouston Oilers football coach O.A. 'Bum' Phillips sporting his ever present cowboy boots.https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/bum-phillips-at-desk.jpg1975 Press Photo Houston Oilers football coach O.A. 'Bum' Phillips sits at deskHouston Oilers football coach O.A. 'Bum' Phillips sporting his ever present cowboy boots.2020-01-07T16:13:19+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/26/with-blackkklansman-spike-lee-proves-hes-still-relevant-and-that-so-is-david-duke/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/blackkklansman-cover-2.jpgBrother undercover Spike Lee takes on racism with ‘BlacKkKlansman’ Page 12- John David Washington as Ron Stallworth in Spike Lee’s “BlacKkKLansman.” MUST CREDIT: David Lee, Focus Features MUST CREDIT: David Lee, Focus Features2019-08-21T16:47:38+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/08/21/how-nancy-parkers-fox-8-colleagues-fought-through-pain-tears-to-tell-tragic-story/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/nancy-parker-by-jim-pennison-wvue-02.jpgnancy parker by jim pennison wvue 022019-08-21T16:46:25+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/13/the-journey-begins/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/u-boat-gulf-of-mexico-heredia-006.jpg'So Close to Home'A map showing the route of the Heredia, which was sunk 44 miles off the coast of Louisiana by a German U-boat in May 1942. In their nonfiction book 'So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family's Fight for Survival During World War II' (Pegasus Books, $27.95), authors Michael J. Tougias and Alison O'Leary chronicle Nazi Germany's U-boat campaign in the Gulf of Mexico in the run-up to U.S. involvement in World War II. (Image via Michael J. Tougias)https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/u-boat-gulf-of-mexico-heredia-007.jpgu-boat gulf of mexico heredia 007https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/u-boat-gulf-of-mexico-heredia-005.jpg'So Close to Home'Raymond 'Sonny' Downs, left, was just 8 years old and sister Betty Lucille was 11 when the boat they were on, the Heredia, was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat just off the Louisiana coast in 1942. In their nonfiction book 'So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family's Fight for Survival During World War II' (Pegasus Books, $27.95), authors Michael J. Tougias and Alison O'Leary chronicle Nazi Germany's U-boat campaign in the Gulf of Mexico in the run-up to U.S. involvement in World War II. (Image via Michael J. Tougias)https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/u-boat-gulf-of-mexico-heredia-001.jpg'So Close to Home'In their nonfiction book 'So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family's Fight for Survival During World War II' (Pegasus Books, $27.95), authors Michael J. Tougias and Alison O'Leary chronicle Nazi Germany's U-boat campaign in the Gulf of Mexico in the run-up to U.S. involvement in World War II. (Image via Michael J. Tougias)https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/u-boat-gulf-of-mexico-heredia-002.jpg'So Close to Home'The United Fruit Co. steamer the Heredia was one of a number of vessels sunk by German U-boats operating off the coast of Louisiana in May 1942. In their nonfiction book 'So Close to Home: A True Story of an American Family's Fight for Survival During World War II' (Pegasus Books, $27.95), authors Michael J. Tougias and Alison O'Leary chronicle Nazi Germany's U-boat campaign in the Gulf of Mexico in the run-up to U.S. involvement in World War II. (Image via Michael J. Tougias)2019-06-20T18:47:16+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/14/ernies-navy-actor-ernest-borgnines-first-and-finest-role-was-as-a-navy-man/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ernest-borgnine4-1.jpg12LVborgnineCHRIS GRANGER / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Oscar winning actor and World War II veteran Ernest Borgnine stopped by the World War II Museum in New Orleans on Friday, September 4, 2009.https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/ernest-borgnine4.jpg12LVborgnineCHRIS GRANGER / THE TIMES-PICAYUNE Oscar winning actor and World War II veteran Ernest Borgnine stopped by the World War II Museum in New Orleans on Friday, September 4, 2009.2019-06-20T18:46:56+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/14/the-bali-hai-new-orleans-still-carries-a-tiki-torch-for-the-old-pontchartrain-beach-paradise/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/1-bali-hai-at-the-beach.jpgBali Ha'i at the BeachAn advertising image of the Bali Ha'i at the Beach, used throughout the run of the restaurant which operated at New Orleans' Pontchatrain Beach from the late 1950s to the mid-1980s. (File image)2019-06-20T18:46:38+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/20/a-brief-history-of-central-city-the-forsaken-heart-of-new-orleans/2019-06-20T18:42:34+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/19/makers-of-disneys-princess-and-the-frog-see-film-as-love-letter-to-new-orleans/2019-06-19T22:07:29+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/17/the-lake-forest-plaza-a-mall-that-was-more-than-just-a-place-to-shop/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/lake-forest-plaza-skating-rink.jpg1974 Press Photo Residents enjoying the Fiesta Plaza Skating Rink in Lake ForestThe Fiesta Plaza ice skating rink, the heart of the Lake Forest Plaza shopping mall in New Orleans East, photographed in 1974. (Photo by G.E. Arnold/ The Times-Picayune archive)2020-05-30T22:18:32+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/05/voodoo-city-episode-3-the-superdome-curse/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/superdome.jpgMore Super for the Dome Planning underway for game-changing renovationThe he Mercedes-Benz Superdome dominates the New Orleans skyline during Super Bowl 2013 week, Thursday January 31, 2013. (Photo by @DavidGrunfeld, Nola.com |The Times-Picayune) ORG XMIT: NOLA2015071814293502https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/superdome-curse-01.jpgThe Superdome curseVoodoo priestess Ava Kay Jones performs a purification ritual at midfield of the Superdme before a 2000 game between the New Orleans Saints and the St. Louis Rams. (Eliot Kamentiz/The Times-Picayune archive)2019-06-17T16:05:03+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/15/where-yat-pontchartrain-beach-heres-your-completed-guide-map-to-the-beloved-new-orleans-park/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/cropped-mike-scott-mug-2019-2-1.jpgcropped-mike-scott-mug-2019-2-1https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/mike-scott-mug-2019-2-1.jpgmike scott mug 2019 2https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/pontchartrain-beach-fun-house.jpgpontchartrain beach fun house2019-06-15T14:54:46+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/10/for-jungle-book-purists-you-just-cant-spell-primate-without-prima/2019-06-14T20:51:21+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/07/deepwater-horizon-director-peter-berg-aims-for-authenticity-in-what-he-describes-as-a-tale-of-heroism/2019-06-14T20:50:43+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/08/chef-movie-review-jon-favreau-cooks-up-a-foodies-delight/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/chef3.jpg'Chef'Writer-director Jon Favreau, center, stars with, from left, Emjay Anthony, John Leguizamo and Sofia Vergara in the dramatic comedy 'Chef,' shot partly in New Orleans. (Open Road Films)2019-06-14T20:15:49+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/08/chef-director-jon-favreau-embraces-sights-sounds-of-new-orleans/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/chef2-1.jpg'Chef'Writer-director-actor Jon Favreau and Emjay Anthony, in truck, draw a crowd on Frenchmen Street, in a scene from Favreau's dramatic comedy 'Chef.' (Merrick Morton / Open Road Films)2019-06-14T20:15:14+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/12/fury-movie-review-brad-pitts-wwii-tank-drama-is-intense-brutal-and-riveting/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/fury-cast.jpg“Fury”The crew of David Ayers’ “Fury”: Boyd "Bible" Swan (Shia LaBeouf), Norman (Logan Lerman), Wardaddy (Brad Pitt), Trini "Gordo" Garcia (Michael Pena) and Grady "Coon-Ass" Travis (Jon Bernthal). (Photo by Giles Keyte/Columbia Pictures)2019-06-14T20:14:19+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/13/new-orleans-101-why-do-we-call-it-a-neutral-ground-instead-of-a-median/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/down-and-out-cover.jpgdown and out coverhttps://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/streetcars.jpgStreetcarsA mule pulls a streetcar onto Canal Street sometime before 1893, when electrical power replaced mule power. (NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune archive) ORG XMIT: NOLA14103009510160922019-06-14T20:11:43+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/13/the-allies-secret-weapon-in-world-war-ii-this-guy/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/andrew-higgins.jpgThe man who carried D-Day Andrew Higgins loved bourbon and profanity but built the boats that won World War IINew Orleans boat builder Andrew J. Higgins Sr. is best known for his landing craft, which are credited with helping the Allies win World War II. What many people don't know is that his factory at Michoud Boulevard in eastern New Orleans won a top-secret contract to produce components for the Manhattan Project, which resulted in the development of the atom bomb. (File image) ORG XMIT: NOLA16082316255604182019-06-14T19:52:05+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/12/drew-brees-isnt-the-only-one-breaking-records-this-season-so-are-saints-viewers/2019-06-14T19:51:02+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/11/your-job-isnt-over-yet-who-dat-nation/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/saints-vs-rams-nfc_12434.jpgsaints vs rams NFC_12434New Orleans Saints Fans are in disbelief with a no pass interference call against the Los Angeles Rams late in the game during the NFC championship game at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, La. Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. (Photo by David Grunfeld, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune)2019-06-14T19:49:33+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/13/there-is-no-joy-in-mudbugville-for-now/2019-06-14T19:48:17+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/12/the-last-gasp-of-storyville-in-a-single-new-orleans-photo/2019-06-14T19:47:34+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/2019/06/13/the-1984-worlds-fair-in-new-orleans-then-and-now/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/seymour.jpgFulton Street MallThe 1984 World’s Fair mascot, Seymour D. Fair, poses for a photo on New Orleans’ Fulton Street. (Photo by G. Andrew Boyd/The Times-Picayune archive)2019-06-14T19:46:02+00:00monthlyhttps://mikescottwrites.com/bio/2019-06-08T23:05:45+00:00weekly0.6https://mikescottwrites.com/contact/https://mikescottwrites.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/person-smartphone-office-table.jpegPlaceholder Image2019-06-06T21:02:51+00:00weekly0.6https://mikescottwrites.comdaily1.02021-06-06T16:20:36+00:00