Anselmo would like to see Robert E. Lee Boulevard renamed Allen Toussaint Boulevard.Also, Dorothy Mae Taylor Circle would be pretty cool.
Philosophical arguments aside, Anselmo also sees a geographic rationale: In the decade between Hurricane Katrina and Toussaint’s death in 2015, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame songwriter, producer and pianist lived and worked in the 1400 block of Robert E. Lee Boulevard.
Anselmo believes Toussaint’s decades of contributions to popular music more than merit a prominent street name.
“He stayed in New Orleans and lived on Robert E. Lee Boulevard,” Anselmo said. “I think it would be appropriate.”
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Just make sure I get a decent map
I am, of course, very much in favor of striking as many confederate and white supremacist place names from the cityscape as we can. But, considering how many there are, I'm going to need help getting around for a while after we are done. One thing that might help is if we take care to see that the new names make some geographical sense. Like this, for example.
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monuments,
New Orleans,
streets
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