The Thrill of a Hill

Most people who grow up with New Orleans as home, has many memories. Monkey Hill was a place where you could run, jump and roll down the highest peak in the Crescent City. The hill was created tn 1933 with sand brought in to raise the ground level to 15 feet or so. It was made for children of New Orleans to have a thrill of a hill. And that it did....most all remember rolling down and running right back up to do it all over again.

Monkey Hill at Audubon Zoo has a knew look now but after reading "Blake Pontchartrain".....(the New Orleans know it all)...Monkey Hill is not the tallest hill anymore. The badge goes to the "mountain" located in Couturie Forest and Arboretum that fronts Harrison Avenue in City Park. The official name is "Laborde Lookout". The New Orleans "mountain" stands at 53 feet tall, surely the tallest in the city.

"Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood." Fred Rogers (Mr. Rogers) TV Host 1923-2003