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New Orleans Debates Highway To Boulevard Project

According to a new draft master plan, the Clairborne Expressway may be the next freeway to join the nation's growing highway to boulevard movement.
13 July 2009 - 10:00am
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Post-Katrina, A Neighborhood Changes

The Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans was deluged in the post-Katrina flooding. Today, a new community emerges with traditional renovations living side-by side with unique contemporary buildings.
8 July 2009 - 11:00am
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New Orleans Endangers Funds by Not Using Them

Senator Mary Landrieu has threatened to take away some of New Orleans' unused federal dollars if they remain so. Of the unspent $34 million allocated for low-income housing, $11 million will be lost if there are no projects by May 31.
13 March 2009 - 2:00pm
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Glimpsing into New Orleans' First Master Plan

The master plan will replace an outdated, complex zoning law and address urban housing, wetlands preservation, and transit, among other things. New Orleans is finally "poised for sustained growth," according to the plan's lead consultant.
11 February 2009 - 9:00am
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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.
26 November 2008 - 2:00pm
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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.
25 November 2008 - 2:00pm
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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.
16 October 2008 - 12:00pm
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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.
2 October 2008 - 1:00pm
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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.
23 May 2007 - 2:00pm
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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.
4 May 2007 - 11:00am
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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.
4 February 2007 - 11:00am
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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.
2 October 2006 - 11:00am
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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.
28 July 2006 - 7:00am
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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.
4 June 2006 - 5:00am
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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.
3 April 2006 - 5:00am
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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.
17 January 2006 - 7:00am
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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.
18 December 2005 - 1:00pm
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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.
18 November 2005 - 11:00am
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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.
27 October 2005 - 10:00am
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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.
31 July 2005 - 1:00pm
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