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Today I took a tour of the Lockett School. This school has 3 buildings all built at diffrent times. 2 of the more recent Buildings are beyond repair. But the Main Bldg. still sings. The Main Bldg is a typical Arts and Crafts structure, those buildings really resonate as school structures. The way the halls […]

On Monday at the HCDRC meeting a representative from the City Attorneys Office came in with 20 properties NOT on the agenda. These properties are requests for demolition that came in through the City. There seems to be no interface between the HCDRC Commitee and the City itself. The fact that the Commitee heard and […]

Housing Conservation District Review Committee November 26 2007 10 AM Room 7E07 7th Floor City Hall NEW BUSINESS 4131 Willow St. – Demolition of an Arts & Crafts building to be replaced with a home. No redevelopment plans have been provided. 3927 Camp St. – Demolition of a single family home. No redevelopment plans have […]

I came home and the Neighbor was knocking down this addition to his house. Without a permit. They were preparing to attach a cable to the roof and pull it down with a truck. This after 2 days of sledge hammer work. Another neighbor, concerned that the gas pipes had not been capped called the […]

A report from “Miami”:http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2006-09-14/news/blight-fight/. Here is a link to an old letter in the “Miami”:http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2006-10-05/news/letters-from-the-issue-of-october-5-2006/ newspaper. This comment was left on my blog by “Chuck D’Aprix”:http://blog.economicdevelopmentvision.com/ Not all of you may remember the sad pathetic case of “Lisa Mazique”:http://squanderedheritage.com/2006/10/13/lisa-mazique-and-the-clio-street-nightmare/, our former Department Head at NORA. After she left New Orleans she got another job in […]

Seems the zoning changes needed for the St. Charles “project”:http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1195021987260630.xml&coll=1 were not to be. This high profile Battle for the destiny of St.Charles will continue, but how?

Here is a link to a “T.P.”:http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-25/119459062488640.xml&coll=1 report about last nights public meeting. Here is a photo of the “Carriage”:http://www.flickr.com/photos/karenapricot/1425541896/ house that was mentioned. Towards the end of the meeting a question was directed at Mr. Goldring, we were told that he had left to go to dinner, at which point I decided it was […]

Housing Conservation District Review Committee November 12, 2007 10 AM *RESULTS* “link”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/HCDRC.results.November.12 “7103 Freret St”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/7103.Freret.Street Demolition of a modified fire damaged two-story Victorian style residence at the corner of Audubon. Specific redevelopment plans were not submitted with the application. “2122 Duels”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/2122.Duels.Street St. Demolition of a single family home to be replaced with the same. Specific […]

This property would be demolished and replaced by the above plan. “Op Ed”:http://www.squanderedheritage.com/jack-davis-oped/

*UPDATE CITY COUNCIL DENIED THE REQUEST TO DEMOLISH* This property was denied demolition at the HCDRC level. They are now going to City Council to appeal. It will be heard Thursday Oct 31, 2007