City agency can’t reach consensus, so corner-store demolition is denied
Potential buyers don't get their hoped-for demolition permit for former corner store at Nashville Avenue and Patton Street.
Category: Squandered Heritage
A long-running investigative series examining how poor policy decisions, unchecked development, and political neglect have eroded New Orleans’ historic neighborhoods, culture, and architecture. This category documents what’s been lost—and what can still be saved—through detailed reporting, photography, and community voices.
New owners look to demolish former corner store, build two new homes on Nashville
Neighbors hope to get some relief after city tells doggy day-care center to muzzle noise
Belladoggie spa for dogs also must seek special permission from city agency after officials says the zoning is improper and has been "stretched to the absurd."
City code enforcement hearing to deal with unpermitted house, barking from dog spa
The owner got a permit to build a garage, but the city says it's a second dwelling, which isn't allowed.
Treme house demolished illegally by nonprofit that scored federal dollars to renovate it
Providence Community Housing lacked a demolition permit as it reduced a vintage house to a stack of timbers, saying the structure was too far gone.
Uptown property comes into compliance with zoning code after years of defiance
A front yard illegally paved to make a parking pad was remedied as the property owner eyed the real estate market.
A house moved to make way for the hospital complex finds new life in Mid City
A success story — for a change — from the city's snake-bitten program to preserve houses from the bio-medical center footprint by trucking them to different neighborhoods.
Compliance! Grass grows on a once paved yard
The proposed remedy, fake grass, was as unwelcome as the original offense. The Zoning Board of Adjustment required that the owner jackhammer the cement parking pad.
Adjudication of non-blight code violations resumes after unexplained year-long hiatus
Illegally paved yards, short-term rentals and demolition by neglect draw One Stop Shop scrutiny; Spotted Cat gets go-ahead.
City’s code-enforcement court to meet for first time in a year
The city's focus on blight means no hearings have been held to deal with code violations such as illegal short-term rentals and front-yard paving.
