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I attended the NORA Board meeting yesterday. Here is a “link”:http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/frontpage/index.ssf?/base/news-7/116901805157310.xml&coll=1&thispage=2 to the Times Picayune article. There is a lot of frustration because of the lack of information coming out of City Hall. Sounds familiar.

A few months ago I saw “a house”:http://squanderedheritage.com/2006/09/28/and-then-there-is-this/ that almost made me faint. The singular achitectural style and audacity was something I never thought I would see again. Well it seems that the style has caught on. Today while driving around I saw this on another street in Mid City. Cement seems to be the […]

Historic District Landmarks Commission Meeting Agenda January 12th, 2007 City Council Chambers 9:30 a.m. City Hall Formal Citation for Demolition By Neglect Click for more photos The owner of this house is an elderly man who also owns 819 N. Robertson which is also being cited for demolition by neglect. He was missing some fingers. […]

Historic District Landmarks Commission Meeting Agenda January 12th, 2007 City Council Chambers 9:30 a.m. City Hall Format Citation for Demolition By Neglect Take a valium before you view more pictures of this owner’s neglect. This owner also owns the propert next door which he has left to blight and lives behind this house: French Quarter […]

Historic District Landmarks Commission Meeting Agenda January 12th, 2007 City Council Chambers 9:30 a.m. City Hall Format Citation for Demolition By Neglect This bar, the Red Room at Esplanade and Claiborne, is becoming a nuisance for the police/residents lately. They need their liquor license yanked. This doesn’t have anything to do with the HDLC’s citation. […]

Historic District Landmarks Commission Meeting Agenda January 12th, 2007 City Council Chambers 9:30 a.m. City Hall Format Citation for Demolition By Neglect We suspect this citation may be for the outbuilding in the back. It’s a mystery. We’ll find out the details and update you early next week. Click for more clues.

Historic District Landmarks Commission Meeting Agenda January 12th, 2007 City Council Chambers 9:30 a.m. City Hall Format Citation for Demolition By Neglect Click to see, well, not much to see. Sorry.

Historic District Landmarks Commission Meeting Agenda January 12th, 2007 City Council Chambers 9:30 a.m. City Hall Format Citation for Demolition By Neglect Click to see more reasons the neighbors are angry.

Historic District Landmarks Commission Meeting Agenda January 12th, 2007 City Council Chambers 9:30 a.m. City Hall Format Citation for Demolition By Neglect Click for More Horrors This owner lives in a very nicely maintained home around the corner. He owns a business called: French Quarter Renovations 2706 Royal St Purchased in 2002 for 102 k […]

Historic District Landmarks Commission Meeting Agenda January 12th, 2007 City Council Chambers 9:30 a.m. City Hall Formal Citation of Demolition by Neglect. Click for more photos.