In a March 1, 1973, Times-Picayune article, Emile Lafourcade reported on the first meeting of the Fat City Businessman’s Association, whose 40 members elected David L. Levy president.

Robert Fieseler, right, during a presentation last year to City Council on the 1973 Up Stairs Lounge arson attack. Gambit's Clancy DuBos, left, covered the fire as an intern at The Times-Picayune.