If it all goes as planned, Mayor Mitch Landrieu will bite into a reuben sandwich as a skateboarder ollies over his head. It's an appropriate celebration - a "reuben" cutting - for a skate park, the ...

New Orleans first public skate park secured approval this week from the City Planning Commission's design committee and is on track to begin construction in July. The Parisite Skatepark, located under ...

On Saturday (Feb. 28) at noon, New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu will ceremonially open the city's only official skateboard park. The assembly of concrete moguls, mesas, steps and half-pipes is ...

"No one’s really done this before. It’s a city park, but it wasn’t paid for by the city," said artist Skylar Fein, one of the park's organizers and advocates. "We’re all in uncharted territory." [jump ...