Still Living It Up On the Greenway.

Crossing Broad is no treat. There is a neutral wide neutral ground that is so wide there is a building in the middle of it. It is Pumping Station No. 2.

The New Orleans Sewerage and Water Board officially calls the pumping stations, "Drainage and Pump Stations," there are twenty-seven of them when they are all working.

Nothing in New Orleans works the way it is supposed to. The city works the way it does. Nothing is off the rack. Every quirk of New Orleans is endemic to the city.

People wanting to cross Broad can push a button that activates two flashing lights over a pedestrian sign. There one on the riverside that faces uptown. The one on the lakeside faces downtown. They are both easy to ignore.

Where the greenway crosses Broad, the road is raised for the old railway bed. The tracks are probably still under the pavement, it is that bumpy. It is fairly easy to see cars coming from uptown, but once in the neutral ground, there are some big pipes that come out of the ground and block the view of oncoming traffic.

Take responsibility for your own life. Nothing ventured equals nothing gained.

The Carondolet Canal is exposed between Broad and Norman Francis Parkway. There is only one place to cross the canal, and that is at North Lopez Street. The way to the bridge is painted in a rainbow. It is all very saccharine.