The street, recently reopened to traffic at one end, will remain two-way.
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Newcomb Boulevard fence comes down
Newcomb will be open to traffic, though a proposal is pending to make it one-way.
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Their purchase offer rejected, residents ask Council to make Newcomb one-way
Safety concerns are cited as long-simmering neighborhood feud appears to be entering its final rounds.
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Live blog: Planning Commission considers selling Newcomb Boulevard to residents
Residents want to buy the street so they can keep up a fence blocking one end.
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Planning Commission staff recommends not selling Newcomb Blvd. to neighbors
Homeowners want to buy street from city, in part so they can keep illegal fence.
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Audubon Place, one of New Orleans’ most exclusive streets, a property-tax bargain
The street is valued at less than $3 per square foot, compared to $14 for Trianon Plaza, a private street in Fountainbleau. The difference is more dramatic when you factor in the difference in property values along those streets. If Audubon Place were valued at a similar rate, the street would be valued at $8.85 million, not $500,000 as it’s now assessed.
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Orleans Parish assessor questions private status of three Uptown streets
Rosa Park, Dunleith Court and Richmond Place are posted with “private street” signs. But the properties aren’t taxed. Assessor Erroll Williams says something has to change: They may be public if the city has maintained them, or someone will have to start paying taxes.
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Uptown residents say city is dragging feet on Newcomb Boulevard fence removal
The city now says the street must be converted to one-way before it is removed.
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Appeals court orders city to remove fence blocking Newcomb Boulevard
The ruling ends a years-long battle over the illegal closure of an Uptown street.
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Judge calls Newcomb Boulevard fence illegal; residents’ attorney vows to appeal ruling
City Council approval is needed for fences that block city traffic, a judge ruled Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Keith Hardie A drawn-out battle over the right to gate a public street reached a milestone Tuesday when a Civil Court judge ruled in favor of keeping Newcomb Boulevard open. Residents of Newcomb Boulevard, a ritzy Uptown […]