An “OpEd”:http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-4/119968684268660.xml&coll=1 piece in the Times Pic addresses one of the issues we have been working on. They failed however to address the lack of due process and the issues of the “Imminent Health Threat” homes and the “Imminent Danger of Collapse” The house on 1574 N. Dorgenois is one such house, it is listed […]
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Ellen Montgomery
While researching the demolition procedure we have been watching the permits as the applications come in. This one application brought back a lot of recent Post Katrina memories. I passed by and took this photo. Ellen Montgomery became a local legend when she stayed after the storm and continued to care for her cats and […]
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"I feel such pure fury…"
This evening a homeowner “left a comment”:http://www.squanderedheritage.com/homeowner-letter/ on this blog. I can’t begin to express my frustration with this process and this City. A small band of dedicated people have lent hour after hour, week after week and now month after month to encourage the City to “fix this broken system.”:http://www.squanderedheritage.com/2007/11/28/hcdrc-broken-beyond-belief/ The property this homeowner […]
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Happy New Year
The “Times Picayune had a piece on the HCDRC”:http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/library-139/1199200204154110.xml&coll=1 today. I had some concern about the article till I turned to the Public Notice section of the paper There were many address but one jumped out at me because I have been worried about this house for some time. 1574-76 N.Dorgenois Now according to the […]
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12.31.07
Housing Conservation District Review Committee As printed in the Times Picayune (additional information will follow) December 31, 200710 am Room 7E07, 7th Floor, City Hall New Business 1519 S. Jeff Davis Parkway “8404 Belfast”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/8404.Belfast.Street 1622 Charbonnet “9438 Forshey”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/9438.Forshey.Street “8012 Forshey”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/8012.Forshey.Street “4605 Magazine”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/4605.Magazine.Street 2105 Valmont 2125 Valmont 2129 Valmont 2115 Valmont “626 Mazant”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/626.Mazant.+Street Old Business “8400 […]
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Ghetto Clearance Part 1
I would like to begin this post by telling you before you read it how I felt after I wrote it. I felt like I was trying to compose an epic poem, and I am not a poet. That by introducing the element of cultural genocide I was going to invite the scorn of those […]
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Home
The past few weeks we have seen a lot of attention being paid to the word demolition. It has been almost 2 years since I returned home to New Orleans. My own house is still under repair but since we have a raised house our primary living spaces are upstairs. So our day to day […]
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HCDRC Agenda December 31
We are working on the December 31 agenda. But here is one property on the agenda. This property is located at 4605 Magazine. Details are incomplete at this point.
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An independent review
“The City has agreed to let residents who do not want their houses torn down to have an opportunity to speak.”:http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2007/12/city_and_homeowners_agree_to_d.html
