Nicki's Central West End Guide
an urban news journal
This post is written in collaboration with my husband Jim Dwyer who chairs the Central West End Association’s Planning & Development Committee. The Planning & Development Committee has worked for years in an advisory role to help maintain the character and integrity of the built environment in the CWE Historic District. In that role the committee…
Edo Rosenblith’s latest mural, Welcome to the CWE (Red and Blue), which the artist describes as “Talumudic, but in a funny way,” covers 11 concrete “Jersey” barricades that were placed around Evangeline’s and Cocina Latina for 2021’s Dining in the Streets. The barricades were dropped off in late Spring and since they will remain in place until…
After what seems like years with few events in the neighborhood due to the pandemic, last Saturday’s CWE’s Sidewalk Sale was a refreshing reminder of how things used to be. The bright colors and vivid patterns on visitors, merchants and their merchandise, was refreshing and delightful. The CWE North Community Improvement District organized the July…