Flint-Goodrich Hospital.
The Flint-Goodrich Hospital was built in 1932, the same year as the oldest buildings at Xavier University. The Flint-Goodrich Hospital was designed by Dillard University faculty architect Moise Goldstein, Sr. We so rarely hear about seniors. It is usually juniors who try to make their mark independent of the father after whom they are named. Moise Goldstein designed the terminal at the airport in 1959 and the main branch of the New Orleans Public Library (NOPL).
The third floor of NOPL houses the city's archives, both official and unofficial. It is a rat's nest of a treasure trove of documents. There is a card catalogue filing every marriage that has ever happened in the city. It is old school. Most of the facts you are reading can be found in any public library.
Dillard still has the nursing school, but it no longer runs a hospital. That stopped in 1983. The hospital still stands. The building is apartments now. It is at 2425 Louisiana Avenue, in zip code 70115, Central City.
Central City is conveniently located in the 3rd Ward of New Orleans, a neighborhood steeped in rich historical roots dating back to the 1800s. You wouldn't know it from the acres of public housing projects, but the neighborhood is brimming with architectural gems, exciting museums, churches, and quiet residential streets.
Whenever there is something Uptown, there is its equivalent Downtown. The New Basin Canal is long gone but its history looms large between Mid-City and Central City.
Originally the Magnolia Projects, then, for decades, the C.J. Peete Public Housing Development, and now Harmony Oaks, part of a HOPE VI redevelopment. Don't ask who C.J. Peete was. There is no time for that today. Suffice it to say that the neighborhood is largely residential. There is a good sno-ball stand on Magnolia Street. It used to be called Red Rooster.
There has never been a sno-ball stand in Gert Town. It isn't that kind of neighborhood.
The Flint School of Medicine ain't dere no more. Xavier University of Louisiana, in conjunction with Ochsner Health introduced the Xavier Ochsner School of Medicine (XOCOM). With the aim to train compassionate and inclusive physician-scientists and revolutionize medical education by unlocking diversity potential, XOCOM is sure to bring excellence to the field of medicine the way XULA did for pharmacy.
The Flint-Goodrich Apartments are owned and operated by HRI Properties of 812 Gravier Street, 70112. HRI also owns and operates the Blue Plate Artist Lofts. Everything converges in Gert Town.
Washington Avenue ends at South Carrollton Avenue. The sacred keeps the profane at bay. Gert Town has its own rules.
