Jindal signs bill that puts fate of Canal Street ferry service in RTA’s hands
Service likely to be cut to a mere 20 hours a week without major infusion of cash.
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.
NORA offers Road Home properties to businesses, churches under little-known program
Three years ago, the New Orleans Redevelopment Authority created a program called Near Miss, which opened the door for non-residential property owners to buy Road Home lots. So far, 59 properties have been acquired. But the City Council never approved the program, and most of those properties have not been zoned for commercial use.
Could the Algiers-Canal ferry become New Orleans’ newest party boat?
About $440 raised so far; $2,999,500 million to go.
Adjudication of non-blight code violations resumes after unexplained year-long hiatus
Illegally paved yards, short-term rentals and demolition by neglect draw One Stop Shop scrutiny; Spotted Cat gets go-ahead.
City’s code-enforcement court to meet for first time in a year
The city's focus on blight means no hearings have been held to deal with code violations such as illegal short-term rentals and front-yard paving.
Even a chain restaurant like proposed Habana Outpost creates commerce
What if a Pizza Hut went up at that abandoned gas station in the Quarter?
The ‘economic development’ that nearly doomed New Orleans tourism
In an era when highways and “urban renewal” were ripping cities apart, Section 106 was a tool useful to local preservationists and as a way to force federal agencies to stop destroying irreplaceable remnants of American history.
Volleyball courts on the bayou? Neighbors worry about toilets, ads and parking
Neighborhood leader says the parking that would come with the courts would destroy the bayou's beauty.
Hotels want new tax on guests to promote expected riverfront development
Legislature to consider room tax, perhaps 1.5 percent, to benefit organizations marketing the city.
City unveils competing proposals to redevelop World Trade Center site
Hotels are part of two proposals. Two envision tourist attractions: a "Sky Wheel" or "Tricentennial Tower."
