With all the different lists and acronyms and phases of demolitions we spend a lot of time visiting, and revisiting houses. In the work we have done we sometimes come in contact with people who need help. One of those people was Miss Dolores. She was living alone in a FEMA trailer and had just […]
Message from the Neighbors surround the VA Hospital Proposal
Community Meeting Thursday Jan 31st 6:30 pm St. Joseph Church Rebuild Center – 803 Gravier St (behind chuch) Come and discuss the NEPA Draft Environmental Assessment for the VA Come and discuss your concerns about the project. Tell us what you want to see for the surrounding areas? What are you worried about? Design? Traffic? […]
Monday Jan 28 2008
“link to Editorial”:http://tinyurl.com/35vlbc
HCDRC City Initiated Agenda
“link to Google map”:http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=29.961776,-90.073299&spn=0.079565,0.170803&z=13&om=0&msid=105646371802170237687.000444b4ee5c29027fb42 Monday, January 28th, 2008 at 10:00 am City Hall 7th Floor Safety and Permits “Click here to see the Voluntary demolitions”:http://www.squanderedheritage.com/2008/01/22/hcdrc-voluntary-agenda/ City Demolitions Deferred from December 31st: IHT “3611 4TH ST”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/3611.4th.Street IHT “8639 COLAPISSA ST”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/8639.Colapissa.Street IHT “2821 EAGLE ST”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2821.Eagle.Street IHT “2708-10 S DERBIGNY ST.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2708.S.Derbigny.Street New Business VOL “2812-14 N ROCHEBLAVE ST”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2812.North.Rocheblave.Street […]
NPR features Chanel DeBose
Nishant Dahiya, NPR I spent 5 hours with this reporter trying to explain the Kafkaesque nature of these demolitions. “He did a good job of telling the story.”:http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=18306959
HCDRC Voluntary Agenda
January 28, 2008 10 am City Hall 7th floor Safety and Permits NEW BUSINESS: “4535 S. Prieur St.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/4535.South.Prieur.Street “2622 Pauger St.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2622.Pauger.Street “6220 Camp St.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/6220.Camp.Street “2525 Bienville St.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2525.Bienville.Street 9390 Belfast St. 1960 Josephine St. incorrect address “401 N. Carrolton Ave.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/401.South.Carrollton.Avenue “1001 Octavia St.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/1001.Octavia.Street OLD BUSINESS: “3240 Law Street”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/Lockett.School “8012 Forshey St.”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/8012.Forshey.Street “2612-14 Banks Street”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2612.Banks.Street “4605 Magazine […]
LSU/VA
I think a lot of New Orleanians are pinning some big hopes on the building of the LSU/VA Complex. I know people who live in that area and from what I can tell they are seeking a “just and inclusive process”:http://www.bestofneworleans.com/dispatch/2007-12-25/news_feat.php in this effort. They too would like to see a process that resembles transparency. […]
Imminent Health Threat
“Listed on the FEMA list”:http://www.crt.state.la.us/culturalassets/FEMA106/readnotice.asp?NoticeID=75 The damage estimate was actually revised DOWNWARD on this one, from 60.7% (on 12-31-06) to 26.69% (on 11-1-07 and today). Yet it was still listed as an IHT on both the 7-24-07 and 9-26-07 Imminent Health Threat lists, as well as on the latest city-targeted list. I suspect the IHT […]
Todays Times Pic
And here is the map of the squares. “Does this have to do with this?”:http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-9/1192688757141640.xml&coll=1 “I sure hope this business owners knows”:http://www.collegeinn1933.com/