tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101223716619464303.post7570525127535754587..comments2024-03-05T07:55:16.812-08:00Comments on Rowley's Whiskey Forge: Preservationists and Historians Rally to Save 19th Century Bar Tujague'sMatthew Rowleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00613982533349459637noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101223716619464303.post-39426300514748083912013-04-15T18:36:20.523-07:002013-04-15T18:36:20.523-07:00Ain't that the truth, Randall? I live in San D...Ain't that the truth, Randall? I live in San Diego, where anything older than the 1950's seems terribly old indeed. It is especially cruel manoeuvre in New Orleans which is already rife with tacky t-shirt shops (and a handful of better ones with clever designs for a more local audience such as Dirty Coast or Fleurty Girl.<br /><br />Sam ~ <br /><br />Sheehan's sounds like the kind of place I'd've liked. A shame to see places like that fold. Matthew Rowleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00613982533349459637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101223716619464303.post-3712576224510312692013-04-10T08:09:38.653-07:002013-04-10T08:09:38.653-07:00Ugh! I hate when shit like this happens. Sadly, ...Ugh! I hate when shit like this happens. Sadly, this trend seems to be happening everywhere, but seems especially cruel when it happens in NO.randallnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6101223716619464303.post-80995203073400844062013-03-28T18:03:12.599-07:002013-03-28T18:03:12.599-07:00Reminds me of the much-lamented Sheehan's of A...Reminds me of the much-lamented Sheehan's of Amherst, MA, the only intact pre-Prohibition bar I ever spent time in. Stained glass, beautiful old lighting fixtures, and cigar burns in the bar a half-inch deep and a hundred years old.<br /><br />One time I showed up and found a women's clothing store there instead. The owners had killed the place months before it would have been declared historically significant, and hence off limits.<br /><br />I hope Tujague's is spared this unseemly fate.sam knoreply@blogger.com