Ellen Montgomery

While researching the demolition procedure we have been watching the permits as the applications come in. This one application brought back a lot of recent Post Katrina memories.

I passed by and took this photo.

Ellen Montgomery became a local legend when she stayed after the storm and continued to care for her cats and paint. Chris Rose wrote this article about “her.”:http://www.nola.com/rose/t-p/index.ssf?/base/living-0/116512867963000.xml&coll=1&thispage=1

Then her unfortunate demise.

Here she is after the storm in her unflooded home.

TP photo by John McCusker

While we wait for the cranes in the sky there seem to be no lack of bulldozers on the ground.

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