Summary

V: Broom writes that, in the early 1960s, development was occurring in an area that would become known as New Orleans East. There were high expectations for the potential of this residential development though these projections would prove false. Ivory saw an advertisement for a house in New Orleans East that Sarah Broom calls the Yellow House throughout the book. Ivory bought the house, situated on the short end of Wilson Avenue near Chef Menteur Highway, in 1961 and, after renovations, the family moved into it in 1964. The couple worked hard to further improve the land and the house both structurally and aesthetically. On their short end of the street, there were only a few other houses that were always on the verge of being bought up. Across the street was a trailer park. Broom then writes about what childhood was like for...