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Author: Amy Stelly

A manifesto for Claiborne Avenue: It’s time to tear the highway down

April 20, 2021 Updated April 20, 2021
Urban highways destroy neighborhoods. Show the world that you do believe that Black spaces, neighborhoods, economies and lives matter.

Letter to Mayor Cantrell: Don’t scrap City Hall; it’s a diamond in the rough

November 19, 2018 Updated November 7, 2019
Moving to the Municipal Auditorium is a wretched idea.

Plan for blighted Claiborne Avenue: ill-conceived, exclusionary, lacks due diligence

December 20, 2017 Updated November 7, 2019
An open letter to Mayor Landrieu

Real ‘resilience’ requires a City Hall unafraid of public participation and tough questions

May 22, 2015 Updated November 7, 2019
The Landrieu administration needs to overcome its chronic evasiveness if the city is to stand strong in the face of our next disaster.

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