Before Katrina restaurants on the water such as Sid Mar's and Bruning's were crowded with laughing families enjoying the bounty of the water--crabs, shrimp, fish. The restaurants are now sleeping on the floor of the lake, gulf, ocean somewhere. The beautiful Bruning house sat on the point.
The 17th Street Canal nearer to the Coast Guard station was the home of the Bucktown fishing fleet. They have all been banned from their once quaint home by the federal government and now seek refuge in another port. Because of this exodus many of them have given up their livelihood which had been in many of their families for at least six generations.
All that is left of the once famous and popular area is the lighted Coast Guard station left to guard the pelicans who have taken up residence on the pilings that are left.