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Uptown/Jefferson City 5323 Pitt St. De La Salle High School has applied to demolish Peck Hall, formerly known as Gilbert Academy, to be replaced with a vacant lot. The building dates to 1911 and is the ole remaining building from Gilbert Academy’s New Orleans campus. *RESULT: DEFERRED TO DECEMBER 4* *The matter is deferred until […]

Sunday afternoon a friend and I rode around town looking at properties slated for Demolition. when we drove around a corner and saw this we both screamed. I am not kidding.

This nice-looking bungalow was approved for demolition in the 9/25 meeting of HCDRC. Will be replaced by a vacant lot. See pics below (Sept. 9 posting). Between the Aug 25 and Sept 25 meetings, I count 38 homes approved for demolition by HCDRC, including 20 shotguns, 16 single-family detached homes, 1 duplex and 1 boarding […]

*APPROVED [5-2] based on hurricane-damaged condition. Touro Hospital shall install decorative metal fence in the front of the lot and wooden fence on the side and rear.* *APPROVED WITH A REQUEST FOR IRON FENCING ACROSS THE CHESTNUT SIDE* Hard to believe this will be torn down. Uptown/Touro- Bouligny 3505-11 Chestnut St. Owner Touro Infirmary has […]

Behind the Court House, across from the Falstaff Brewery

Could private business do a better job of managing city services? Some cities are finding out. See this article in “USA Today”:http://www.knowledgeplex.org/news/197996.html. In the case of Sandy Springs, GA (population 100,000): “A Colorado-based engineering firm, CH2M Hill, oversees all but the police and fire departments. The company focuses on raising revenues by rigorously enforcing building […]

Congress has approved spending $500 billion on the wars/reconstruction of Iraq+Afghaniston since 9/11. About $14 billion has been approved for restoration of the Louisiana coastline–far too little and it took a lot of argument to get it. (See today’s Times-Picayune, Section A, pages 2 and 5. And, yes, when you add up everything related to […]

The City of Phoenix is misnamed. It can’t rise from its ashes until it is reduced to ashes. In developmental terms it’s a rapidly-growing baby (or maybe a cancer). The Real Phoenix is New Orleans–reduced to ashes (and mud) and about to be reborn into something better. The cynic in you (and aren’t we all […]

*APPROVED* 5 -1 applicant shall submit letter requesting salvage of architectural features This house is about a block from Jefferson Parkway and D’Hemecourt. The house on one side has been well kept and looks to be totally renovated. The house on the other side has been demolished and there is a vacant lot.

I am including a couple of updates on Mid City Demolitions.