Ninth Ward

Testing Grounds

Housing development, architecture and community building have found a new learning lab in the lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans.

19 October 2009 - 8:00am

The Atlantic

Citizen Recovery Efforts Hit Government Barriers in New Orleans

When architects Anne Van Ingen and Wes Haynes set out to aid the New Orleans recovery effort by restoring a home in the Ninth Ward for low income buyers, they thought their work would be welcomed. But bureaucratic interference and misguided policies have turned a good deed into a nightmare, writes Roberta Brandes Gratz.

23 March 2009 - 5:00am

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Nate Berg

Ninth Ward, The Movie: How To Really Rebuild New Orleans

Sun, 02/08/2009 - 09:29

New Orleans is still struggling, especially its hard-hit Lower Ninth Ward. The economic recession has been bad news for development all over the world, and it's really not helping things down in New Orleans. The federal government's broke, states are cutting costs, and local government is practically bankrupt. But even in tough times, there is one place where business always seems to be good and money's always flowing: the movie industry. Maybe New Orleans should look to Hollywood as a means to recovery. It has the money, it has the incentive, and it's proven that it actually has the power to make it happen.

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