A new look, but the same solid reporting from The Lens
Welcome to the redesigned site of The Lens. We hope you like what you see here, and we want to hear your thoughts on the effort -- positive or negative. Please email Managing Editor Steve Beatty at sbeatty@TheLensNola.org. We'll do our best to incorporate your feedback to make this site the best it can be.
Union cries foul over firing of custodians at six RSD schools
Last inmate leaves facility; new pretrial program ends 1st week
Katrina Cottages: Years late and $1 million over budget in the 9th Ward
An emergency housing program finally reaches the market at a cost half again as high as budgeted.
Why the hurry, Congressman? A legal payoff lay ahead
Public Defender, sheriff resolve lawsuit over attorney visits
Will repairs be finished in time? Receivables near half-million mark; bylaws revamped
A blog reborn: The 'heritage' that gave rise to The Lens
Newcomers to this site may not be aware that before there was The Lens there was a blog called Squandered Heritage. With help from a wee band of fellow zealots, I devoted Squandered Heritage to the task of chronicling the parlous state of the built environment in New Orleans post-Katrina, with particular attention to the city’s priceless residential architecture.
