Skid row no longer exists -- it's gone.

OZ's "free food soup kitchen" concept is a 1930's idea, born of "depression times" when thousands of totally innocent, poor and homeless persons, roamed the streets, having been made unemployed and homeless by the Great Depression of the 1930's..

It may come as a great surprise to the members of the Ozanam Inn Board, but "the times they are a changing." Hobos no longer ride the rails; hitchhikers no longer litter the highways, traveling from town to town to find work. These days, most people who want to work can find jobs to support themselves and their families.

In addition, our neighborhood, Camp and Julia Streets, is no longer a skid row intersection of New Orleans. Instead, apartment rents in this area begin at $1,200 to $1,500 per month, with condos beginning at $350,000 each.

Look at the buildings below:

Camp & Julia Streets Camp & Julia Streets Camp & Julia Streets