One of the best live performances I ever saw back in the “dark”:http://www.answers.com/topic/richard-nixon “ages”:http://www.learningcalendar.com/this_day_in_history/days_template.cfm?history_id=60498 of the early 70’s
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Sister Gertrude Morgan
Even the most humble house can hold more history than it’s gutted and hollowed out walls would have you believe. The fist time I saw this house I was wondering why someone had spray painted DO NOT DEMOLISH on it. The house had floated off it’s piers and was resting against the house next door. […]
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Why we give up
My Neighborhood Organization has been reporting this house to Code Enforcement for a long time. We reported it before it burned. But nothing happened. We reported it after it burnt, and nothing happened. The owner went before the City for an Administrative Ajudication hearing, and I guess nothing happened. Cause now he has taken a […]
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Does New Orleans need A Master Plan?
This house is on Orleans Avenue in an area which received much less water than most. So why has this house been allowed to be built at a height which is out of scale with the rest of the Neighborhood? Cause there is no review process.
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NCDC Agenda Nov 3
After yesterday’s ruling by Judge Martin Feldman in Federal Court it would seem that the bulk of the houses on “the agenda”:http://www.squanderedheritage.com/ncdc-agenda-november-3/ will not be allowed to be heard. But of course there has been no official word by the City as to the suspension or deletion of properties not officially noticed as mandated by […]
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Another Day in Federal Court
“UPDATE”:http://www.neworleanscitybusiness.com/uptotheminute.cfm?recid=21206 Here is what I learned about Federal Court. No cameras but cell phones are ok. The first time we went in about a year ago they confiscated our cell phones cause they thought there was going to be a riot. Whatever “Here is the AP article.”:http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=9267724 and then a follow up after the Judge […]
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Imminent Danger of Collapse
This house is NOT on the list of Imminent Danger of Collapse This house IS
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Imminent Danger of Collapse
This house was declared IDC after Gustav. This photo was taken this week. Here is an interior shot I don’t have a photo of the “Central City”:http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/10/central_city_house_razed_befor.html Demolition As I type this I am watching the Historic District Landmarks Special Meeting to review demolitions. One owner got up and said he does not want this […]
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Delta Dawn
Delta Dawn, what’s that flower you have on Could it be a faded rose from days gone by And did I hear you say he was a-meeting you here today To take you to his mansion in the sky I do not wake up easily in the morning. I have a pained ritual which includes […]
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The House on New Orleans Street
For about the past month I have obsessed and worried and wondered about the house on New Orleans Street. From the outside it is a perfect rendition of the vernacular song of a Corner Store. The tension between the overhang and the house made you wonder if the awning was pulling at the house and […]