Places of Note: The Treehouse

We first heard about this place a year or two ago during Mardi Gras, an epically ramshackle tree house built along one of the main drags of town. They were supposed to have a party there with live music, but a few hours after hearing about the event, we got word that the cops shut it down.

We stumbled upon the tree house on our way out of New Orleans, and it was no surprise that the city would be iffy about this contraption. It towered thirty feet above the ground, looking poised to collapse at any moment. See that water slide? It opens up 15 feet above a muddy pit, empty except for a few dozen partially inflated basketballs. I'm not sure of the tree house's history in the last few years, but it looks like it's clearly in disrepair- this is about as close as we were comfortable venturing into the crazed park. It makes Theatre Bizarre look like a government-contracted construction project.

Oh, punks and the dangerous fun they find...