Jack’s meat market

Saturday 29 June 2024

I saw a photo on Flickr.com that caught my interest. The photo was labeled “NOLA”, and one of the comments said: “Another Nola building that looks to be barely still standing.” It turned out that NOLA is an abbreviation for New Orleans, Louisiana.

Through the inscription on the building (Jack’s meat market 504 947-3073), I was able to find the location on Google Maps/Street View. But when I explored the neighborhood, something strange happened. The building disappeared.

Apparently, the building disappeared sometime before February 2023. Maybe the building had become too ramshackle, or it no longer fit into the zoning plan. But it seems that a neighborhood store disappeared with it.

I posted a comment under the photo: “As of February 2023, Jack’s meat market was gone, only a slab of concrete remaining.” But after I did, the page was closed for further comments. Was it because of my comment? But the owner of the page has the right to delete comments, so if the comment was objectionable, why didn't they just delete it?

Upon rereading, I found my comment needlessly depressing among all the laudatory comments, so I deleted it. After that, comments were allowed again. Strange. Bizarre automation of Flickr? I just left the comment out.