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It seems to me that there should be more than one water hose on this demolition and that the Contractor should have protective gear on. With all the contaminants flying in the air into the residential Neighborhood this seems illegal as well as immoral. on a related note The series explores the root causes of […]

“link to news article”:http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-28/1211261437288960.xml&coll=1 One of the residents affected by the uncertainty Walter Gallas Interior of one of the homes in the “footprint”

While driving around the City taking photos of houses on the agenda for Mondays demolition hearings, I began to notice that the utilities were cut off BEFORE approval and that the subcontractor was defacing the property by spray painting the initials of the company, AJM. There were a couple of things that struck me about […]

*NEW BUSINESS* *INCOMPLETE WILL BE FINISHED LATER TODAY* “1907 Caffin Ave”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/1907.Caffin.Street. “1930 Delery Street”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/1930.Delery.Street “9437 Oleander St”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/9437.Oleander.Street . “2514-16 N. Miro St”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2514.North.Miro.Street . “1813 N. Johnson St”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/1813.North.Johnson.Street . “8822 Edinburgh St”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/8822.Edinburg.Street. “2525-27 N. Miro St”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2525.North.Miro.Street . “2320 Mazant St”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2320.Mazant.Street. “4624-26 Laurel St”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/4624.Laurel.Street *City Demolitions* *Voluntary* “2732-34 Banks”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2732.Banks.Street *Voluntary* 2720 Clara *Voluntary* “1808-10 Cleveland”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/1808.Cleveland.Street *Voluntary* “1626 […]

When will the City get it right? Speaks for itself.

This comment was left on this blog Another distressing aspect of LSU/VA footprint is that the public is generally unaware that a neighborhood is being obliterated to make way for a PROPOSED development. In 2005, someone convinced the Regional Planning Commission to adopt the currently-considered footprint (S. Claiborne to S. Rocheblanve and from Tulane to […]

Neighborhood Conservation District Committee Meeting on May 5th , 2008 Public Notice The Neighborhood Conservation District Committee of the City of New Orleans will hold its meeting on Monday, May 5th, 2008 at ntary2:00 p.m. at 1300 Perdido Street, City Hall in City Council Chambers on the 1st floor. This meeting is to review the […]

Over the last year that has felt like a million lifetimes we have come across a number of people who have had their homes demolished by the City. It reminded me of a book I read a number of years ago, “The House of Sand and Fog”:http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/read/sandandfog/ The premise of the book is that a […]