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Author: Karen Gadbois

About 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.

Peck Hall, again

November 4, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

1631 Delachaise Street Uptown

October 29, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

2432 Piety Street

October 27, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

3504 3508 3510 4th Street

October 24, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

2016 N. Rocheblave St. New Marigny {7th Ward}

October 21, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

6515 S. Pierce

October 18, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

3916 Annunciation

October 18, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

Corner Store & Melpomene and Constance

October 15, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

Lisa Mazique and the Clio Street Nightmare

October 13, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

340 S.Clark Mid City redux

October 12, 2006 Updated November 7, 2019

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