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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.

State running low on money for property in the way of $1.2 billion teaching hospital

by Ariella Cohen May 24, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Tulane erases scandal-plagued frat house; cop station to rise on cleared Broadway lot

by Karen Gadbois May 10, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Rock 'n' Bowl owner gets permission to demolish pair of houses for parking lots

by Karen Gadbois April 29, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Iberville developer eyes Lafitte Greenway linear park for obligatory off-site housing

by Ariella Cohen April 28, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Prior owner of 1 demolished "Treme" house says city seized double he was trying to fix

by Ariella Cohen April 15, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

If city had asked, "Treme" producers would have chipped in on restoration of doubles

by Ariella Cohen April 14, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

Planners OK erasure of Mid-City street grid to create gigantic med-center 'super block'

by Karen Gadbois April 13, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

City Council hops aboard plan to extend streetcar service to Bywater's far edge

by Ariella Cohen April 7, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

City brings in only a portion of what the market demands for sought-after lakefront boathouses

How much would you pay to lease a prime lakefront boathouse at the city's yacht harbor? How about $200 a month?
by Matt Davis April 5, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

'Reinventing' New Orleans? Landrieu team steers dwindling recovery dollars to humdrum projects

Despite Mayor Mitch Landrieu's lofty rhetoric about reinventing the New Orleans, most discretionary federal grant money is going toward rebuilding streets and buildings.
by Ariella Cohen April 4, 2011 Updated November 7, 2019

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