"The city's public housing agency plans to ask a judge to bar anyone from entering projects without permission and will file claims against some who are trying to averts the buildings' demolition." Full article here. I recommend reading it all, and then taking what the housing authority of New Orleans (HANO) says and comparing it to what you see. For additional information, you can click on this link, and view the documentary we all watched at orientation.
You see, these projects buildings are condemned due to flood damage from Hurricane Katrina, despite the fact that the received little water and felt little real damage.
The pictures below were taken by myself when I was in New Orleans a couple weeks ago.
You can see the water line for the high water mark on the projects right at the top step.
The "heavily damaged" projects, you can see the metal boarding the windows.
Boarded-up doors. So much damage.Thanks to my wife for showing me how to do these picture things. Technology ain't my friend.
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Thanks for your opinions, Steve. I just read an article about this in the New York Times from 2.27.07 and your blog came up when I googled Lafitte. I'm an architecture master's student at the University of Oregon.
Anyway, what a frustrating situation! There is so much evidence that this style of low-income housing is much healthier than the tower-type of low-income housing that became so popular in the 1960's. What a shame that one of so few complexes that work is going to be ripped down and will be potentially replaced by something that we know does not work-pastel colored suburban sprawl.
Thanks for stopping by, Anya, and come back anytime.
The most frustrating part about this situation, in my mind, is that these homes weren't hurt by the flood; it's the housing authority trying to push these people out to get more money in.
Click on the link and watch the video on the site; it's interesting, to say the least.
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