There were signs prohibiting swimming posted on Pontchartrain Beach when teenagers Bilder Lopez and Shone Badon jumped into the lake and died. The deaths of the two 17-year-olds within a month of each ...

During segregation, Lincoln Beach was the one place on Lake Pontchartrain in New Orleans where Black people were allowed to swim. Live acts like Fats Domino and Nat King Cole drew crowds to a ...

Leaders of the University of New Orleans Research and Technology Foundation have opened a new outdoor gathering space, known as the Lighthouse Lounge, at The Beach at UNO research park on the shores ...