The Friends of Lafitte Greenway, the City of New Orleans, and the Arts Council of New Orleans unveiled this public art display that illustrates the Mississippi River throughout three time periods—the wild era, colonial plantation era, and petrochemical era. Created by artist Michel Varisco, and unveiled in November of 2017, these three stainless steel wheels stand 9 feet tall with beautiful mosaic bases.

Varisco created the interactive installation to raise awareness of social and environmental activism, especially as it pertains to the Mississippi River.

Maintained by the Sojourner Truth Neighborhood Center, which sits further down the Greenway, these two public tennis courts open to the public every day of the week. On a first-come, first-served basis, these courts are among the few that are free to use in New Orleans.

In the beginning of 2017, FitLot opened the What You Give Will Grow Fitlot Fitness Park, adding the first outdoor workout facility to the Lafitte Greenway. FitLot’s title sponsor, What You Give Will Grow, is a nonprofit owned by the New Orleans Saints’ Thomas Morstead.

The covered workout space has over 1,000 square feet of space and several resistance stations. You’ll find a unique QR code on each station that, when scanned, leads to a video of Thomas Morstead performing that specific exercise at the station.

This walkway follows the former path of the 1.6-mile long Carondelet Canal, which was first commissioned in the late 18th century. The canal was formerly used as a shipping route until the 1830s when the city constructed a new, wider canal called the New Basin Canal. By the 1920s, this Canal fell into disrepair and later decommissioned.

In homage of the former canal, the city build this unique walkway that spans form North Galvez Street to North Claiborne Avenue. Along the walkway you’ll also find gorgeous wildflower meadows across the walk.

While the trail may run long and narrow, you’ll find a ton of green space along the path. Part of the city’s effort to increase its stormwater management, the Greenway has several bio swales and plenty of open fields to help in water absorption.

Along the trail you’ll find several meadows that have in the past included Zinnias, Cosmos, Marigolds. Friends of Lafitte Greenway executive director Sophie Harris Vorhoff says that a variety of annuals will be cycled throughout the Greenway’s future.

This public pool has public murals wrapped around all of its four corners created by local youth and the Arts Council of New Orleans. The murals tell stories of the neighborhood past, such as the circus that used to run through the neighborhood via the railroad corridor, and general life around the greenway before the linear park existed.

On Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in 2017, lead artist Keith Duncan led over 130 locals design murals centered around harmony.

This open field has large live oaks, cypress trees, an open grass area, and a basketball court. It spans from North Claibrone Avenue to Basin Street.