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Leonidas Demo Frenzy

by Karen Gadbois

According to the latest FEMA list the following properties are going to be demolished.

A row of Houses slated for Demolition

to see all the houses click “here”:http://www.flickr.com/photos/karenapricot/sets/72157600553748672/

These houses are all cleaned out and very sturdy. This demolition would take out the entire block and leave a gaping hole in the Neighborhood.

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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.

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