In an interview with The American Prospect, the first African-American chief administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency exposes her New Orleans roots — and gives voice to a critique her hometown must remember as it moves forward with the creation of a new land use master plan.
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The fact that the red “No Loitering” sign was left on the exterior of 5028 St. Claude Avenue while Banksy’s art was whited out made for sad testimony on the safety fears that dominate public life in the Lower Ninth Ward. Whoever affixed this small abstract painting on the white space directly below No Loitering, however, remedied things. At least until the building is torn down
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Our friend over at Tulane,Francine Stock, handily mapped the 4,450 hurricane damaged lots destined for reprogramming at the hands of New Orleans Redevelopment Authority. The dense brown dots covering the Lower Ninth Ward, Gentilly, eastern New Orleans, Lakeview, and St. Bernard Parish speak for themselves. Click this link to check out the landscape of vacancy for yourself.
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