Louisiana

Draft Master Plan Released in New Orleans

A new master plan for New Orleans has been released. Controversy is expected on the highly anticipated plan as public input is gathered.

23 March 2009 - 6:00am

New Orleans Times Picayune

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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Duany on Restoring New Orleans

Andrés Duany observes that American planners and architects are misunderstanding New Orleans by thinking of it as an American city rather than a Caribbean one.

22 March 2009 - 11:00am

New Geography

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

The Times-Picayune

Defeating the Prison-Urban Neighborhood Cycle

Two-thirds of people who leave prison go back within three years, and many who leave prison go back to particular urban neighborhoods. New Orleans want to spend more smartly in areas whose community life is disrupted by such a cycle.

25 February 2009 - 11:00am

The Atlantic

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The master plan will replace an outdated, complex zoning law and address urban housing, wetlands preservation, and transit, among other things.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

The Times-Picayune

Greening New Orleans

In the slow recovery from Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans is finally getting into the green movement.

31 January 2009 - 7:00am

MSNBC

Friday Funny: Rats Prefer Manhattan

Rats choose Manhattan because if its logical street grid, according to new research by a team of zoologists and geographers at Tel Aviv University, who are using rats to test wayfinding in cities.

16 January 2009 - 2:00pm

Science Daily

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New Orleans Riverfront Redevelopment Approved

Plans to redevelop a section of the Mississippi Riverfront in New Orleans have been approved and construction could begin by the end of 2009.

16 January 2009 - 1:00pm

New Orleans Times-Picayune

27 Towns for Working Artists

Art Calendar magazine presents its list of towns, cities and districts offering incentives or other benefits for artists living there.

5 January 2009 - 1:00pm

Art Calendar

First Homes Completed in Brad Pitt's New Orleans Effort

In New Orleans' Ninth Ward, Hurricane Katrina's devastation is painfully evident. But a philanthropic homebuilding effort led by actor Brad Pitt aims to help the neighborhood rebuild. The first homes in that effort have just completed construction.

18 December 2008 - 6:00am

Architectural Record

Ask What Baton Rouge Can Do for You

To retain its young and educated, Baton Rouge officials must identify what they want and follow through in giving it to them.

16 December 2008 - 1:00pm

Business Report

Boom Coming Soon in Louisiana

With a new four-lane highway and bridge, West Feliciana Parish in Louisiana is preparing for growth -- despite the economic downturn.

16 December 2008 - 7:00am

Baton Rouge Business Report

Duany Improves on Thomas Jefferson

Planner Andres Duany proposes a plan for Goodbee Square, near Covington, LA, that adds modern light-imprint urbanism to an old Jeffersonian idea.

13 December 2008 - 9:00am

New Urban News

NOLA Medical Campus to Replace Historic Buildings

A proposed New Orleans hospital will have to be built on top of an historic neighborhood that some residents feel that they have just regained. Those in favor of the project insist that the selection of that site was necessary.

1 December 2008 - 7:00am

International Herald Tribune