Mixed Use A snapshot of the five bids to redevelop the Old Federal Courthouse
While this is the most concrete movement we’ve seen on the Old Federal Courthouse in some time, it’s far from a done deal that redevelopment will go through.
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Christiaan Mader
Christiaan Mader founded The Current in 2018, reviving the brand from a short-lived culture magazine he created for Lafayette publisher INDMedia. An award-winning investigative and culture journalist, Christiaan’s work as a writer and reporter has appeared in The New York Times, Vice, Offbeat, Gambit, and The Advocate.
Lafayette General Health warns that it will stop running UHC unless the Legislature fully restores funding to the hospital
Lafayette General Health warns that it will stop running UHC unless the Legislature fully restores funding to the hospital
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Lafayette has a river. Why no river walk?
Lafayette doesn’t have a riverwalk like San Antonio or Chattanooga, or lots of other cities for that matter. Why, exactly, is that the case?
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Unpacked
What the self-storage boom says about us and the things we won’t let go.
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Finding Magic In Kolkata
Author Shome Dasgupta’s latest collection of short stories hearkens to the slum-world surrealism of Gabriel García Márquez. Kolkata is Dasgupta’s Columbia.
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Francis Pavy’s One-man Press
“It would be nice to have some oysters that big, huh?” quips Francis Pavy, the childlike blues of his eyes lusting over his own creation. The object of his desire — a plus-sized oyster etched into a 3-foot-by-4-foot slab of composite vinyl — is a custom-print block, a particularly appetizing example of Pavy’s preferred method […]
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