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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.

Blight worsened by housing preservation program, Hoffman Triangle residents say

by Karen Gadbois August 2, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Filled-in canal drives up cost of planned Loyola Avenue streetcar extension

by Ariella Cohen July 27, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Grocer forging ahead with plans to resurrect Seventh Ward's iconic Circle Food Store

by Ariella Cohen July 21, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Neighborhood Participation Plan cranking up after three years stuck in neutral

by Karen Gadbois July 20, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Star turn for Central City bar – but can it still operate legally as the joint it's long been?

by Karen Gadbois July 14, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Flap over Magazine Street Pilates center prompts city to shape up notification rules

by Karen Gadbois July 6, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Interview: St. Roch art impresario holds forth from Tasmania on the wreckage left behind

by Ariella Cohen July 6, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Homeowner or homeless? St. Louis Street resident fights to hang on to what he has

by Karen Gadbois June 23, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Crackdown on Lower Garden District blight outs cop with dual homestead exemptions

by Karen Gadbois June 8, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

City neighborhoods: a matter of evolving perception

There's no escaping the need for neighborhood designations, but they often have more to do with bureaucratic arrogance than with on-the-ground realities and our sense of who we are.
by Richard Campanella June 1, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

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