Below you will find an analysis of the situation we are in regarding demolition. It is hard to ignore the “cause and effect” Preservation minded folks uncovered the NOAH story and now the payback from the Mayor is in full effect. Dear New Orleanians, In the wake of Gustav, a number of buildings around town […]
Karen Martin 9/11
“Karen was from my hometown”:http://wcbstv.com/topstories/dna.9.11.2.239422.html
Under the Mayor's order
The owner of this property has been aggressively trying to demolish this property. Under his current “Emergency Order” the owner went in, applied for and now has a permit to demolish. The owner, Freret Hardware has found a way to game the system and it seems that the City is going to continue to encourage […]
NCDC cancelled
Pursuant to Executive Order CRN 08-04 which is attached, the next meeting of the NCDC is cancelled. Once the State of Emergency is lifted, we will prepare an agenda and distribute it to you. I anticipate we will resume our regularly scheduled meeting for October 6, 2008. I will provide additional details once I have […]
Gustav
I took a trip today with “Maitri”:http://vatul.net/blog/, “Jacob”:http://opensoundneworleans.com/ and “Ariella”:http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/viewFeature.cfm?recid=1167 down to the “United Houma Nation”:http://www.unitedhoumanation.org/?q=node/74. The team from the “Beacons of Hope”:http://www.lakewoodbeacon.org/?page=volunteer went down in their truck to UHN Headquarters. I encourage anyone who see’s the Wetlands as a major issue to take a ride down and see what we are losing. Because when […]
First Tier
If you look at this photo you will see the people who are cooking and serving the food outside Commanders are citizens of New Orleans. These are the people who did not leave, these are the people who stand this City back up after it falls down. These are the people who clean the storm […]
Gustav
Maybe or maybe not…. But the anxiety levels are palpable…