Need a reason to head on over to Algiers (nee’ Slaughterhouse) Point? Now you got one!
From Friends of the Ferry:
Ferry Night
July 28, 5 p.m. until midnightFriends of the Ferry is inviting locals and tourists alike to celebrate the extension of the Canal St./Algiers Ferry hours from 8:45 p.m. to midnight. Fairy-dressers (and ferry-dressers) can enjoy discounts at French Quarter, Central Business District & Algiers Point cafes & bars when they blast across the river & take the last boat home.
New Orleans’ newest festival is sponsored by Friends of the Ferry, the grass-roots nonprofit that has battled the LADOTD’s Crescent City Connection Division for nearly two years to restore the ferry hours to its pre-Katrina schedule. Despite a petition with over 1100 signatures, numerous meetings with public officials, an intense media campaign and a City Resolution–authored by Councilmen Arnie Fielkow and James Carter–the hours were not restored until Rep. Jeff Arnold initiated a bill which resulted in amending the legislative budget to include funds for reinstating this historic transportation link across the city.
Ferry Night is a celebration of this latest rebuilding block for New Orleans. It is about Algerines who can again cross the river for a night in the French Quarter. It’s about French Quarter & CBD restaurateurs who desperately need their patronage. It’s about late-shift hospitality workers who can now find housing on the more affordable West Bank. It’s about restoring property values, keeping drunk drivers off the bridge, promoting self-propelling transportation alternatives like strolling and bicycling. It’s about embracing this most delightful form of public transportation–and in doing so, reducing our city’s carbon footprint.
Ferry Night is one big “Open House” —
where a river runs through it.Please join us for this historic event.
Schedule of events:
5:00 – Meet at the Canal St. Ferry Landing for the Second Line along the Moonwalk.
5:45 – Take the Ferry to the Algiers Point Landing for the . . .
6:00 – City Proclamation, Blessing of the Ferry, & complimentary “Pink Ferrytinis.”
6:30 – Second Line along the levee to the Costume Contest @ Warren’s Corner (across from The Old Point Bar) where SOMEONE WILL BE CROWNED 2007’s “Algiers Fairy” — or for the kids, “The Pedestrian Fairy.”
7:00 – Stick around the Old Point for the Bourbon Cowboys at 7 & Westbank Mike at 9; or cruise Algiers Point pubs & places ; or jaunt back over to the CBD & French Quarter where your fairy/ferry costume–or Key to the City–is your ticket to deals & discounts in all three neighborhoods.CONTACT:
Fay Faron
Friends of the Ferry
525 Pelican St.
New Orleans, LA 70114
(504) 363-9090 FAX (504) 366-7210
fay@friendsoftheferry.org
http://www.friendsoftheferry.orgNOTE TO THE MEDIA: We are in the process of compiling deals and discounts for the French Quarter and CBD. We respect your deadlines and wanted to get you this info ASAP. Please check back for updates.