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.
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.
State running low on money for property in the way of $1.2 billion teaching hospital
Tulane erases scandal-plagued frat house; cop station to rise on cleared Broadway lot
Rock 'n' Bowl owner gets permission to demolish pair of houses for parking lots
Iberville developer eyes Lafitte Greenway linear park for obligatory off-site housing
Prior owner of 1 demolished "Treme" house says city seized double he was trying to fix
If city had asked, "Treme" producers would have chipped in on restoration of doubles
Planners OK erasure of Mid-City street grid to create gigantic med-center 'super block'
City Council hops aboard plan to extend streetcar service to Bywater's far edge
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?
