Talk:Uptown New Orleans

message: I removed the following added by an anon:
: Still others contend that "Uptown" consists more precisely of the area uptown from Napoleon Avenue to the border with Jefferson Parish, from the Mississippi River to Mid-City.
Quite possibly someone uses that definition, but I've never heard it, and I've seen no evidence of it being common.  I lived on Napoleon Avenue for more than a dozen years, and never heard it described as one of Uptown's boundaries.  If someone thinks this should be added back, please provide at least one reference using such a definition. Thanks,  -- Infrogmation 16:45, 10 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Boundaries

message: Uptown fits all the definitions of a suburb.  It began explicity as a suburb, as transportation enabled people to move away from the city.  It has no high rise buildings.  Even Metairie has these, yet it is still considered a suburb.  It is divided into neighborhood developments.  Driving is a major component of people's lives in Uptown.  I do not know of many Uptowners who walk to buy their groceries.  
Also, the Hurricane Katrina damage section is overstated.  There was very limited wind damage in Uptown, as a result of New Orleans only experiencing Category 1 winds from Katrina.  The notion that almost every house suffered structural damage is not only an exaggeration.  It is a lie propagated by Uptowners who feel that they need to justify the sympathy they've received from the nation, even though their homes received no damage.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.75.176 (talk) 01:02, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Certainly all of New Orleans outside of the French Quarter began as a "suburb", but a good deal no longer fits the modern definition of it. For many people today, suburb implies images that are not in accord with the Uptown New Orleans cityscape, like tract housing of mid 20th century or later architecture of individual houses with off street parking, commercial activity largely limited to strip malls of branches of chain retailers, etc.   Your repeated adding of "suburban" to the opening sentence has been objected to, as you know. Perhaps rather than insisting this is the best one word description, it might be better to add specific verifiable details? However from your statement you seem to have some sort of personal peve against the neighborhood and very little knowledge about it as your demonstrably false statements show (for the benifit of others reading this who are unfamiliar with this section of the city, there are high rises but they are the exception rather than the rule, a fair number of people make groceries on foot, bike, streetcar or bus, and while Uptown was among the less damaged 20% or so of the city in Katrina & its aftermath, it was still a disaster area as was the whole city-- for those who wish to know, details of damages in various sections can be seen in a good number of post-Katrina photos on Commons, FEMA and ACOE websites, and elsewhere).  I suggest anon use their time adding better information about places anon knows about. Thanks. -- Infrogmation (talk) 03:23, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Suburban

message: A random sentence in a pastor's letter at Xfellowshipchurch.com is not a reliable source for judging the racial ane economic makeup of a section of the city.  Might I recommend looking for such information through the US Census.
Citing your own articles on Wikipedia is also not an acceptable practice, in regards to the wind damage from Hurricane Katrina.  
If you continue to vandalize this page with absurd citations, you will be reported.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.171.75.176 (talk) 23:18, 23 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree that the fellowship church newsletter is not a reliable source for that statement and that Wikipedia articles can not cite other Wikipedia materials.  I'm going to remove these references.  VerruckteDan (talk) 22:45, 27 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Note on citations

message: Does anyone have any good photos of Uptown that they can post?  It is a shame that the entry has only 1 photo when it is such a beautiful area.  Also, the photo of Magazine Street should be changed; it looks like this photo was taken with a grey filter or something. Masteroflaww (talk) 02:53, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I just removed the nasty Magazine St. photo. 74.250.198.96 (talk) 14:19, 15 May 2009 (UTC)

text: We have several hundred photos availible already, as you can see at the Commons:Category:Uptown New Orleans and it various subpages.  Additional free licensed photos uploaded to Commons are always welcome. -- Infrogmation (talk) 14:47, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Photos

message: There is a "citation needed" tag where the article mentions many old homes are built at an elevation. This is something that is pretty obvious to anyone who has driven or walked around the area or has looked at photos. Any reccomendations of reference citations for this bit of common knowledge? I'm sure it's been remarked on in some books on New Orleans architecture. -- Infrogmation (talk) 15:20, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Reference requests

message: There is an existing page called Uptown, New Orleans that seems to describe the same area, though with far less detail. Shouldn't that page be merged into this one, to reduce redundancy and eliminate confusion?Bruin2 (talk) 14:15, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, it should.  No need for repetition. ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 15:09, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger needed? 

message: As noted above, the Uptown, New Orleans article is repetitive and should be merged here. ---RepublicanJacobiteThe'FortyFive' 15:26, 19 May 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger proposal 

message: This article needs a map showing where Uptown is located in New Orleans.--Jim10701 (talk) 18:24, 11 June 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Desperately... natemup (talk) 01:51, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Needs a map