Plan for blighted Claiborne Avenue: ill-conceived, exclusionary, lacks due diligence
An open letter to Mayor Landrieu
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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.
Agreed: We need to begin ‘living with water’ — but how to pay for it?
There's no relying on pumps alone.
How Airbnb is pushing locals out of New Orleans’ coolest neighborhoods
The sharing economy was supposed to benefit residents. Instead, our investigation shows it’s accelerating gentrification, making neighborhoods richer and whiter. In this collaboration with HuffPost, we take you to a block in Treme where 10 of the 16 homes are vacation rentals.
Public is disregarded, commissioners are no-shows at all-important Master Plan meeting
Vital blueprint for city's future gets short shrift.
Remembering Bill Borah: Killing a French Quarter expressway was only the start
An urbanist who fought stupidity — and paid a price.
Florida Panhandle’s paradise lost: ‘New Urbanism’ gone awry
Boyhood beachcomber worries about Bywater
Rebuttal: Don’t blame soaring taxes on short-term rentals alone
A spirited defense of the 'sharing economy.'
Short-term rentals create a long-term problem: soaring taxes for the rest of us
The Quarter has banned STRs outright. Why can't less posh areas do the same?
Time to recognize the basic flaw in our whole approach to flood prevention
How many wake-up calls do we need before we go Dutch?
What’s left of Booker T. Washington High School has been taken off National Register of Historic Places
Most of the school was demolished, and the remaining auditorium is not significant enough on its own.
