Prytania Street apartment building paved over grass to provide parking after Katrina.
Category: Land Use
Posted inEvents, Land Use
Keith Hardie to appear at Breakfast with the Newsmakers
Event starts at 8 a.m. on April 24
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ArtWorks building sale complete; culinary institute hopes to open in 2016
Mothballed building near Lee Circle will work with programs from Delgado, UNO and Tulane.
Posted inLand Use, Squandered Heritage
Yards paved to make un-permitted parking spaces dominate One Stop agenda
The city notified the building owner of the violations five years ago. The adjudication hearing is set for tomorrow. Fines could come to $500 a day.
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Newcomb Boulevard fence comes down
Newcomb will be open to traffic, though a proposal is pending to make it one-way.
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Their purchase offer rejected, residents ask Council to make Newcomb one-way
Safety concerns are cited as long-simmering neighborhood feud appears to be entering its final rounds.
Posted inAudio, Land Use, Squandered Heritage
Audio: Holy Cross residents wary of proposed riverfront apartment complex
A large, mixed-use complex will change the character of their neighborhood tucked along the river, residents say. The developer says she’s not surprised people are wary, and they’ll love the project once it’s done.
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Live blog: Planning Commission considers selling Newcomb Boulevard to residents
Residents want to buy the street so they can keep up a fence blocking one end.
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Holy Cross residents say PR campaign is ginning up support for riverfront development
A battle over perception is brewing where the Industrial Canal meets the river. A developer wants to put apartment buildings on the old site of the Holy Cross school. Neighbors say the project doesn’t fit their neighborhood, and their voices are being drowned out by a public-relations campaign.
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Planning Commission staff recommends not selling Newcomb Blvd. to neighbors
Homeowners want to buy street from city, in part so they can keep illegal fence.