In April, as city officials debated whether to allow its demolition, the shotgun beneath the billboard still bore some resemblance to a house. photo: Preservation Resource Center In the words of Ryan Berni, Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s director of communications, the city using “extreme caution” as it attempts the demolition of the Ninth Ward shotgun pictured […]
Tag: Neighborhood Conservation District Committee
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use, Squandered Heritage
Demolition of St. Charles Avenue mansion debated and deferred
A request to demolish the faded St. Charles mansion at the southwest corner of Valence Street was heard before the Neighborhood Conservation District Committee this week. And the result, after much debate pro and con: limbo. The demolition is sought by Jack Ryan, who has an option to purchase the property and wants to build […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use
Months-long blight fight pushes Mid-City man into ranks of New Orleans' homeless
Lane Hughes stood his ground last June as city deferred decision on whether to demolish his rundown home. (photo: Karen Gadbois) By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | With its tangled title, backed-up taxes, and an ambience that hovers somewhere between junkyard and barnyard, it’s no showplace. But for Lane Hughes, the waterless wreck […]
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use
Curtain is rung down on TV mansion; other structures also approved for demolition
Now slated for demolition, the mansion at 2031 Baronne Street appeared in the post-Katrina TV cop series K-Ville. Photo by Anthony Turducken By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | The Greek Revival mansion appeared in the final episode of “K-ville,” the (mercifully) short-lived post-Katrina television series, but the final curtain was rung down just […]
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Demolition of St. Charles Avenue landmark denied — for now; Council appeal likely
The campaign to demolish the St. Charles Avenue triplex is not over. Photo by Karen Gadbois. By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | Well-heeled Uptowners turned out for Monday’s meeting of the Neighborhood Conservation District Committee, to speak both for and against a plan by liquor tycoon Jeffery Goldring to demolish a 1928 Emile […]
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City bulldozes Gert Town neighborhood pool but without securing committee's OK
Workers on Monday prepare to haul off the demolished dome that once covered the Gert Town Pool. Photo by Karen Gadbois By Karen Gadbois, The Lens staff writer | Ignoring a committee’s request for more information about redevelopment plans, the Landrieu administration on Monday bulldozed the Gert Town Pool. The pool, housed within a distinctive […]
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Speed bump slows dozers closing in on Gert Town public pool
Karen Gadbois, The Lens, opinion writer | Mayor Mitch Landrieu’s on a tear — a tear-down tear, to be precise. He has vowed to tear down 10,000 abandoned or derelict structures in his first term. (So far we’re at 1,378 and counting, according to the midyear report on ResultsNOLA.) But sometimes the juggernaut gets a […]