West End Park — Attraction in New Orleans

Frederick Law Olmsted would be proud of this gem of a park, with a dedicated walking path, shelters with picnic tables, and enormous kept lawn--all flanked by mature and sprawling Live Oaks, a pond, and fountain (yet to be running) and a lovely Works Progress Administration (FDR) designed and built arched stone bridge across the pond at the end. Reminiscent of Boston's Emerald Necklace and the beloved Central Park of New York City. Small-town feel, flanked by private boathouse residences, three boaty repair yards and two marinas. All fifteen minutes walk from eight restaurants--four on the adjacent canal. At West End Park's end: the lively restaurant-bar JB's--commemorating loved boatyard owner John Brimer--has now opened on Schubert's fuel dock. A one mile walk to 'The Point' gives a dramatic view of Wednesday night sailboat races sometimes with seventy entrants sporting billowing rainbow colored spinnakers. Sunset is best viewed from the West Roadway lawn across from Power Squadron pier. The future looks bright as the municipal harbor piers are currently being rebuilt--and include a community- boating style accessible-facility being constructed. Public lavatories are critically needed to make the park complete, and, a foundation driven outreach and funding/grant seeking effort could lead to the restoration of a one-of-a-kind restoration ($1.5 million) of the prismatic fountain administered by the Mayor's MHYMC commission director...

Its long gone, but those from the area may want to take a peak at what little is left. I suggest you not explore as its near residences and the yacht club. This is now a frenced off hazardous area that is apparently used by homeless peoples on occassion. Check out my pictures and save yourself from an arrest and or injury. Drive just pass and there is plenty of parking near the levee around the lake with lots of safe greenspace to chill, picnic, or play. If you bring children DO NOT LET THEM on the Brick Brak water break as animals live in the cracks, ferrel cats fed by the residents and other forms of vermin, plus they could slip and get lodged in the rocks requiring a large rescue effort with very...

The place looked very nice and I assume it would have been a wonderful experience, but sadly, due to the flooding from all the rain, the water from Lake Pontchartrain was pouring into the land. It was a little spooky driving through here as the water was pretty deep (we were driving a minivan). You could see that it was pretty bad. The entryway through W Roadway St was flooded, but we decided to push through it and see if we could get to Breakwater Park, but it was all submerged underwater. I would say skip this attraction for now, unless you're driving a Ford F150 or a vehicle high above ground as you would practically be driving through water most...