One member of the public objected, saying neighbors had just learned about the project. An engineering firm representative said project leaders would revise the site plan based on their input.
Author Archives: Karen Gadbois
Karen Gadbois co-founded The Lens. She now covers New Orleans government issues and writes about land use. With television reporter Lee Zurik she exposed widespread misuse of city recovery funds and led to guilty pleas in federal court. Her work attracted some of journalism's highest honors, including a Peabody Award, an Alfred I. duPont-Columbia Award and a gold medal from Investigative Reporters and Editors. She can be reached at (504) 606-6013.
Posted inLand Use, Squandered Heritage
Seven buildings would be demolished as CVS plan migrates to Elysian Fields at Claiborne
The previous plan, to put the pharmacy on St. Claude Avenue in Marigny, drew fierce neighborhood opposition.
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City hearings this week include complaints on a tree house, and a pair of unbuilt sidewalks
The city’s administrative hearings, in which owners appear to answer charges of improper zoning or permitting, will take a look at a Mid-City tree house (at left), and a nagging piece of blighted property near the St. Roch Market.
Posted inSquandered Heritage
City agency can’t reach consensus, so corner-store demolition is denied
Potential buyers don’t get their hoped-for demolition permit for former corner store at Nashville Avenue and Patton Street.
Posted inLand Use
Uptown residents say city is dragging feet on Newcomb Boulevard fence removal
The city now says the street must be converted to one-way before it is removed.
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New owners look to demolish former corner store, build two new homes on Nashville
A former Uptown corner store is being considered for demolition at Monday’s Neighborhood Conservation District Committee meeting.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Top aide in mayor’s office asked department heads to campaign for Landrieu
But no one was required to participate, a spokesman for Landrieu said.
Posted inLand Use
LaToya Cantrell kills plans for Zion City batching plant
Neighbors, already surrounded by industrial development, complained about truck traffic and environmental issues.
Posted inGovernment & Politics
City employees solicit Landrieu endorsements from neighborhood leaders
A spokesman for the mayor says they were working on their own time.
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Neighbors hope to get some relief after city tells doggy day-care center to muzzle noise
Belladoggie spa for dogs also must seek special permission from city agency after officials says the zoning is improper and has been “stretched to the absurd.”