3 “creole cottages”:http://bywater.org/Arch/Creole.htm sit on the corner of “Iberville and N.Galvez”:http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=2100+Iberville+New+Orleans&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.176059,80.947266&ie=UTF8&ll=29.961906,-90.080788&spn=0.009128,0.019763&z=16&iwloc=addr remarkably close to the proposed LSU/VA site. A year or so ago there were 4 early one morning I received a call from a neighbor reporting the demolition illegally executed without the proper permits. And at various times over the past year the owner […]

To see the {almost} “complete agenda”:http://www.squanderedheritage.com/ncdc-agenda-march/ This meeting will take place Monday March 2 at City Hall in Council chambers. Always a good time.

Have you noticed these markings on the sidewalk and curbs? New bright orange paint, this is a way to tell which property is owned by the Louisiana Land Trust aka Road Home. These properties are going to end up in the hands of NORA and this week marks the first time we have seem them […]

They took all the trees And put them in a tree museum Then they charged the people A dollar and a half just to see ’em Don’t it always seem to go, That you don’t know what you’ve got ‘Til it’s gone They paved paradise And put up a parking lot It seems some people […]

TASK FORCE BLASTS NOPD LEADERSHIP – ‘SHOCKING’ LACK OF TRAINING Times-Picayune, The (New Orleans, LA)-June 4, 1994 Many of the report’s conclusions echoed observations already uncovered by the media, harped on by council members and emphasized by blue-ribbon panels: Abysmal morale, a department that can’t keep its patrol cars operating, a bloated staff that puts […]

Good news for “Shushan Airport”:http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/02/lakefront_airport_celebrates_7.htmltoday. Especially considering yesterdays “New York Times piece”:http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/09/us/09wpa.html?_r=1 about the demolition of many of the WPA projects. The details of this building are very significant to the period. the “Enrique Alferez”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Alf%C3%A9rez details are a real standout. And the series of murals are breathtaking. It has the potential to be a magnificent […]

NEIGHBORHOOD CONSERVATION DISTRICT COMMITTEE Monday, February 2, 2009 2:00 p.m. City Council Chamber 4821 Iberville on the agenda “for the entire agenda click here”:http://www.squanderedheritage.com/feb-5-agenda/

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