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New Orleans' Streetcars Make a Comeback
All of Canal Street's red streetcars were damaged by Hurricane Katrina, but up to nine restored streetcars may be in service by the end of the year.
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A Shrinking City is Not a Failed City
Once New Orleans comes to terms with the fact that it is a shrinking city, the city's culture and geographic location can help bring it back.
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Corps Requests Removal or Levee Encroachments
New Orleans homeowners have begun receiving letters from the Army Corps of Engineers demanding that they remove objects that obstruct nearby levees' rights of way, including fences and trees. If history repeats itself, this may get messy.
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Katrina Cottages Held Back by 'Red Tape'
Two years after the program's authorization, 500 cottages intended for residents displaces after Katrina have still not been built. Meanwhile, they have cropped up in Mississippi, which faced less damage overall.
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New Orleans Unified Plan Adopted By City Planning Commission
The plan's approval by the city planning commission comes along with criticism about its flaws and lack of funding.
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New Orleans Plan Calls For Smart Growth
The culmination of a major statewide planning effort -- the new long-term plan calls for communities to build compact neighborhoods and coordinate regional development.
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Unified New Orleans Plan Could Top $14 Billion
As the community has roundly approved the Unified New Orleans Plan, coordinators of the recovery planning effort have announced that its costs could rise above $14 billion over the next decade. Exact funding sources have yet to be fully identified.
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New Orleans Looks To Revive Riverfront
City leaders in New Orleans are looking to the stars of architecture to help recreate the city's all-but ignored riverfront at the mouth of the Mississippi River.
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Team Approach Adopted for New Orleans' Recovery
The Greater New Orleans Foundation has approved the use of 16 "technical help teams" -- including one led by Duany Plater-Zyberk -- to help with recovery planning.
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Frustrated New Orleans Public Housing Residents Plan Return To Destroyed Development
Displaced residents tell the City Council that they will return to their 7th Ward housing complex this weekend and will tear down any fences in their way, refusing to wait any longer for official action on permission to return.
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FEMA Trailer Backlash Continues
In one of the few areas in New Orleans that was not ravaged by Hurricane Katrina flooding, neighborhood residents gathered to protest against the recent placement of a FEMA trailer park.
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The Big Uneasy: Anger Over New Orleans' Building Moratorium
New Orleans residents warn of civil disorder if they are not allowed to return to their homes.
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New Orleans Levees' Flaws Were Obvious
Concerns were raised decades ago about the design and stability of New Orelean's levees.
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Builing A New Orleans For The 21st Century
Community leaders and developers all agree that New Orleans must be built towards the future, but there are many ideas about how to go about doing it.
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How To Protect New Orleans
Safeguarding against future natural disasters is the most important thing New Orleans can do to bring the businesses back.
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Old Wal-Mart In New Orleans Gets New Life As Asian Market
The new Hong Kong Plaza used the old Wal-Mart structure as a blueprint for its development.
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University Of New Orleans Lures Urban Planning Students
The University of New Orleans has increased scholarships to lure new urban planning students from Mississippi, Alabama, Florida and Texas.
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Gas Station Design Becomes Blueprint For Future
An 1800s-style gas station design will become a blueprint for future gas station designs in Mandeville, Louisiana.
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Proponent Of Smart Growth Gets Death Threat
Architect and planner who joined a Smart Growth advocacy group receives a death threat.
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When Sewage Becomes Political
A report cites Louisiana's pervasive water problems as part of an effort to protest a decision by the Bush administration to cut EPA's enforcement division.
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