In discussion with Steve Sintes Sr.

ID: 5769 ~ Creator: Rick Olivier and Madison Hazen ~ Date: January 22, 2020

This file appears in: Sintes Boat Works: Life and Business on the Banks of Lake Pontchartrain

The Midlo Center for New Orleans Studies

Steve Sintes Sr. recalls experiencing the growth of the Sinteses boatyard through the 1950s into present day.

This file appears in: Sintes Boat Works: Life and Business on the Banks of Lake Pontchartrain

Sintes Boat Works: Life and Business on the Banks of Lake Pontchartrain

In 1952, Lawrence Sintes Sr. opened Sintes Boat Works on the edge of Orleans Marina in Lake Pontchartrain with his oldest son, Lawrence Sintes Jr. The Sintes family’s move to the area, known as the West End neighborhood, coincided with a…