The final plan would have authorized special tax districts around the city, not just for the World Trade Center.
Tag: Riverfront tourism district
Posted inGovernment & Politics
Landrieu, legislative allies run 11th-hour effort for new taxing district along river
If approved, city wouldn’t share with other government agencies the taxes from development on some parcels.
Posted inLand Use
City ends World Trade Center talks as mayor seeks special riverfront tax district
The city says it should receive a fair price; a source with the developer says it offered more than the appraisal.
Posted inLand Use
Live chat Thursday: Talk to Pres Kabacoff about downtown redevelopment
He’ll take questions from Lens readers at noon Thursday.
Posted inLand Use, Opinion
Monumental mistake: Demolishing World Trade Center to build a tourist attraction
Small and modest projects always exceed expectations while big ones never fulfill theirs.
Posted inLand Use
Hotels want new tax on guests to promote expected riverfront development
Legislature to consider room tax, perhaps 1.5 percent, to benefit organizations marketing the city.
Posted inLand Use
City unveils competing proposals to redevelop World Trade Center site
Hotels are part of two proposals. Two envision tourist attractions: a “Sky Wheel” or “Tricentennial Tower.”
Posted inLand Use
Convention Center officials envision iconic sculpture on former World Trade Center site
According to a document obtained by The Lens, the shuttered, 33-story World Trade Center would be demolished, and a towering sculpture and a park – meant to become a tourism icon for the city of New Orleans — would be built in its place at the foot of Canal Street.
Posted inGovernment & Politics, Land Use
Convention Center seeks approval to finance private developments in riverfront overhaul
A bill pending in the Legislature would authorize a $185 million expansion of the Convention Center, financing of a private hotel, and conversion of the World Trade Center site to a riverfront park. Mayor Mitch Landrieu envisions an attraction on par with the Gateway Arch in St. Louis.