New Orleans Historic Neighborhood Opposes Wal-Mart Plan
6 January 2002 - 5:00am
Wal-Mart's plan to build a megastore in a historic neighborhood is facing opposition from historic preservationists.
"The Supercenter would sit on about 17 acres and include 825 parking spots along the Mississippi River. It is a major part of a plan to revitalize a run-down part of town where a public housing project once stood...But the neighborhood borders the city's Garden District, famous for its clanging streetcar and antebellum mansions. The district offers smaller, but still architecturally significant, homes and redevelopment projects to encourage residents to renovate."
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New Orleans Battles Wal - Mart Plan
Source:
The New York Times, January 4, 2002
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