Tuesday
May222012
PHAT & SWERVE AT THE HALF MOON
My good friend Cat Malovic plays pool on occasion with Phat, Swerve and Jamal at their neighborhood bar, the Half Moon. Cat thought I should meet them and hear their story. They grew up in the St. Thomas project, a low-income housing project that was recently replaced by a mixed-income project, The River Garden.
The River Garden model, championed by local developer Pres Kabacoff, is being discussed in the redevelopment plans post-Katrina. Phat and Swerve live in the new River Garden project and are very positive about the change. As they say; "If this was the old St. Thomas projects, we might never be talkin' to y'all." Thanks Phat, Swerve, and Jamal for sharing your love and flavor!
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