The “Times Picayune had a piece on the HCDRC”:http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/library-139/1199200204154110.xml&coll=1 today. I had some concern about the article till I turned to the Public Notice section of the paper There were many address but one jumped out at me because I have been worried about this house for some time. 1574-76 N.Dorgenois Now according to the […]
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12.31.07
Housing Conservation District Review Committee As printed in the Times Picayune (additional information will follow) December 31, 200710 am Room 7E07, 7th Floor, City Hall New Business 1519 S. Jeff Davis Parkway “8404 Belfast”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/8404.Belfast.Street 1622 Charbonnet “9438 Forshey”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/9438.Forshey.Street “8012 Forshey”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/8012.Forshey.Street “4605 Magazine”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/4605.Magazine.Street 2105 Valmont 2125 Valmont 2129 Valmont 2115 Valmont “626 Mazant”:http://squanderedheritage.wikispaces.com/626.Mazant.+Street Old Business “8400 […]
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Ghetto Clearance Part 1
I would like to begin this post by telling you before you read it how I felt after I wrote it. I felt like I was trying to compose an epic poem, and I am not a poet. That by introducing the element of cultural genocide I was going to invite the scorn of those […]
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Home
The past few weeks we have seen a lot of attention being paid to the word demolition. It has been almost 2 years since I returned home to New Orleans. My own house is still under repair but since we have a raised house our primary living spaces are upstairs. So our day to day […]
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HCDRC Agenda December 31
We are working on the December 31 agenda. But here is one property on the agenda. This property is located at 4605 Magazine. Details are incomplete at this point.
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An independent review
“The City has agreed to let residents who do not want their houses torn down to have an opportunity to speak.”:http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2007/12/city_and_homeowners_agree_to_d.html
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In the News
For months we have been working on this issue, so we were very pleased to see the “Times Pic”:http://www.nola.com/timespic/stories/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1198054617220760.xml&coll=1 jump in. A special thanks to Michelle Krupa for taking hard look at the facts. Thanks to “Matt McBride”:http://fixthepumps.blogspot.com/ who has been diligent in his defense of New Orleans in spite of his relocation. The first […]
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In Memory
The day I drove into the driveway to tell this homeowner her house was on the Imminent Health Threat demolition list her family was busy moving her furniture out. They had been told that the house was listed in the paper for demolition and that it had been broken into [we later found out that […]
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Demolition Lawsuit
This suit has been filed on behalf of Homeowners who have had their homes demolished or have been threatened with demolition under the Imminent Health Threat Ordinance.