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Category: Land Use

Reporting on how land, space, and development shape the future of New Orleans. This category examines zoning decisions, neighborhood planning, environmental impact, and the balance between growth and preservation—highlighting who benefits, who’s affected, and what’s at stake.

Live chat: How well has the Landrieu administration dealt with blight in New Orleans?

The Lens' Charles Maldonado will talk with Lens readers at 1 p.m. Wednesday.
by Steve Myers April 22, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Property owner continues fight for paving, despite rejection, citation

Prytania Street apartment building paved over grass to provide parking after Katrina.
by Karen Gadbois April 18, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Keith Hardie to appear at Breakfast with the Newsmakers

Event starts at 8 a.m. on April 24
by Anne Mueller April 18, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Tyler Bridges April 17, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Karen Gadbois April 15, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

Newcomb Boulevard fence comes down

Newcomb will be open to traffic, though a proposal is pending to make it one-way.
by Steve Myers April 15, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Karen Gadbois April 9, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Karen Gadbois April 8, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Karen Gadbois April 8, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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.
by Karen Gadbois April 8, 2014 Updated November 7, 2019

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