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Within our city, we have brains on board to make the demolition process more user friendly and culturally sensitive. It falls upon the Nagin administration and our City Council to make this happen. Why we can’t arrive at that destination is indicative of the laissez faire mindset that created the problem in the first place. […]

Over the past 2 years we have faced a tidal wave of demolition. The ongoing issue of demolition and neighborhood preservation is “still very much operating in crisis mode.”:http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/council_puzzles_over_raze_proc.html Many urban centers across the United States face these same issues without a flood to blame it on. The scrappers that inflict damage on our City […]

After much back and forth we were promised that all Demolition permits issued under the Executive Order would receive the review that we have been asking for. We will be keeping an eye on this.

As we have reviewed pondered and studied the City demolition program it all comes down to this This house will continue to sit here as is. While this house will be demolished. Why you ask? Because FEMA will not pay for the demolition of the first house but they will pay for the demolition of […]

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The only thing that saved her house from being demolished was the dumpster in front..the dumpster that was there because she was fixing her house.

“to see larger”:http://www.flickr.com/photos/karenapricot/2894501835/sizes/o/ Come one come all…

This home belongs to a vocal local attorney..it ended up on a demolition list this week.

We here at Squandered Heritage are running out of steam. The Demolition machine is out of control. Telling people they have 1 hour to come get their belongings and then demolishing under the guise of Imminent Danger of Collapse. People who evacuated for Gustav came home and found a Executive Order which was issued by […]