Louisiana
The Most Important Year In New Orleans History
According to Mayor C. Ray Nagin, Louisiana's recovery has reached the tipping point, setting 2008 up as the year New Orleans will truly come back.
New Orleans To Slash Low Income Housing
Plans to demolish low income housing and remove FEMA trailers are putting the poor of New Orleans in a tight spot.
Brad Pitt Announces Plans To Build Eco-Friendly Homes In New Orleans
The actor-turned-developer announced plans to build 150 environmentally-friendly homes for low-income families in New Orleans's Lower Ninth Ward.
Rental Shortage Hurting New Orleans
New Orleans struggles to boost its supply of rental housing, in which more than half the city's residents lived before the storm.
Where New Orleans Is Today
This article from Metropolis Magazine takes a look at the redevelopment (or not) in New Orleans today.
Housing Crawls Back Into New Orleans
A mixed-income housing project is one of a handful of housing complexes taking form in New Orleans, where housing availability has been slow to recover to pre-Katrina levels.
St. Charles Streetcar Line Rolls Again In New Orleans
Two years after service was halted by Hurricane Katrina, the St. Charles Avenue streetcar is rolling once again in New Orleans, acting as a bellwether of recovery for many local residents and business people.
The 'Ad-Hoc' Redevelopment of New Orleans
Rebuilding and redevelopment continues is New Orleans, with a wide variety of architectural styles creating a patchwork in the city. Some say this free-form redevelopment is good for the city, but others are calling it a mistake.
Cottages, Not Trailers, Set For Louisiana's Jackson Barracks
Already lagging behind Mississippi, Louisiana has finally approved the construction of 75 "Louisiana Cottages" (AKA Katrina Cottages) as an alternative to FEMA's temporary trailers, long thought to be a sub-standard and undignified form of housing.
Gulf Coast's Pre-Fab Retail Rebound
Designers and architects are teaming up to provide the Gulf Coast region with pre-fabricated buildings meant to serve as temporary general stores and community centers for areas still struggling to recuperate.
Seeking 'Green Levees' For The Gulf Coast
As land continues to subside in the Mississippi Delta, scientists are looking to natural systems to provide the flood control man-made infrastructure has failed to provide.
New Orleans Recovery Plan Scaled Back
Officials in New Orleans have released a scaled-back version of the recovery plan the city council approved earlier this spring. This lighter version of the plan focuses on removing blight, and building affordable apartments.
NOLA Demolitions Exacerbate Housing Discrimination
Mass demolitions of apartments and housing discrimination are adding to African-Americans' post-Katrina recovery woes.
More Blacks Left New Orleans After Katrina
An analysis of census data has shown that the shape of the mass migration from New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina was largely determined by race.
Creative Ideas Usher New Age For New Orleans
From floating homes to green building to a public housing country club, the city of New Orleans has been pushed to take creative measures towards rebuilding and recovering after Hurricane Katrina.
Major Projects Propose Ambitious Vision For New Orleans
Two planned projects in New Orleans -- a jazz center and a mixed-use park -- reveal ambitious visions for the future of a city still in the process of recovering. But the scale of the projects would require extensive state and federal support.
The Battle For New Orleans Architecture
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, the state of the city's architectural future remains in flux.
New Orleans Neighborhoods Remain Abandoned
Two years later, many New Orleans neighborhoods remain abandoned and former residents report no intentions of returning.
New Orleans Pump Testing Could Result In Reduced Flood Risk
The Army Corps of Engineers is testing the pumps on an isolated section of a canal in New Orleans to see if water can be pumped from the canal to nearby Lake Pontchartrain faster -- a development that could minimize flooding during future hurricanes.
New Orleans Population Reaches 60% of Pre-Katrina Total
Numbers continue to rise in New Orleans, where multiple demographic sources show the population at 60% of the total population before Hurricane Katrina hit in August 2005.
FREE Course: Walkable City 1: Why Walkability?
After describing his path towards focusing on walkability as the essence of good planning, Jeff Speck marches through his five principal reasons for making more walkable places.
Reinventing Malls: Planning Alchemy—Turning Gray Fields Into Gold
The course focuses on the opportunities and imperatives that shape reinvention of mall sites.
City of Rosemead
Rutgers University, Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy
One Hundred Miles
The Architects Foundation
University of Cincinnati Online
Montrose County
The Pocatello Development Authority
The Urban Renewal Agency of the City of Pocatello
