From restaurants and supermarkets to professional sports, education and public spaces, the legacies of seven entrepreneurs and philanthropists buried in Metairie Cemetery remain woven into everyday life across New Orleans and beyond.

A return to Metairie Cemetery became a search for seven cultural figures whose music, books, films and accomplishments reached far beyond New Orleans—and whose stories intersected with my own memories of the city.

For more than six decades, Sid Noel brought Morgus the Magnificent to New Orleans television, the movies and generations of viewers who never forgot the wild-eyed scientist above the Old City Ice House.

For more than a century, the Crescent Box has quietly served New Orleans while becoming a city icon. Discover the engineering, craftsmanship and civic identity behind its enduring design.

A conversation about the experiences behind POP nakaro reveals how comics, collecting, creativity and a career spent telling other people’s stories eventually became a platform for stories of its own.

From Elysian Fields through its rebirth on Freret and growth on Calhoun Street, Crescent City Comics combined deep inventory, welcoming service and New Orleans character to become the city’s best comic shop.

A childhood memory became a search for the surviving landmarks, stories and artifacts that continue to keep the legacy of Pontchartrain Beach alive more than forty years after it closed.