6220 Camp St

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6220 Camp St

I went by the other day and wondered if my quest to remember what had been was now a curse because while others may ride by and see a vacant lot I see the outline of a house.

6220 Camp St

A house with quite a story, and as I stopped to look and take a picture one of her cats came to the gate, remembering as well.

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...

5 replies on “Gone”

  1. That is truly a sad story. Her house did not even look like it needed to come down. What a waste.

  4. I see the outline, too.

    This is my first time to visit your blog. Glad to have found it.
    Came via Flickr and the Preservation Resource Center photostream.

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