Demolition by Neglect Irish Channel

The Irish Channel is located below the Garden District near the river. It did not flood.

*Irish peasants fleeing the potato famine in the 1840s and 1850s debarked at Adele Street and were channeled from there to the rest of the country.*

For more information on this “Neighborhood”:http://www.gnocdc.org/orleans/2/70/snapshot.html

Just recieved the latest agenda for the HDLC, the meeting is set for 9:30 a.m., Friday, Oct. 13, 2006 City Council Chambers

I noticed that there were a number of Citations to be issued for Demolition by Neglect.

They are as follows:

*1027 9th Street*

This house is one house away from Magazine Street.

1027 9th Street

*608 Sixth Street*

This very small house looks adandoned.

608 Sixth Street

*2131 Chippewa Street*

This is located acroos from a School and a Church.

2131 Chippewa

*The types of deficiencies identified as “Demolition by Neglect” include any structural deficiency or a deficiency in a building part which left unrepaired could lead to deterioration of the building’s structural frame. A building is also identified as “Demolition by Neglect” if it is open to entry by vandals or vagrants*.

For more on the “HDLC”:https://secure.cityofno.com/portal.aspx?portal=99&tabid=23

Karen Gadbois

Karen Gadbois co-founded The Lens. She now covers New Orleans government issues and writes about land use. With television reporter Lee Zurik she exposed widespread misuse of city recovery funds and led to guilty pleas in federal court. Her work attracted some of journalism's highest honors, including a Peabody Award, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award and a gold medal from Investigative Reporters and Editors. She can be reached at (504) 606-6013.