I recall after the storm there was some consideration to turning this lot into a Fema trailer park that some NIMBYs in the neighborhood were against. My finacee wants it to be a Trader Joe’s. According to this article in may perhaps be an movie lot.
Algiers film center proposed.
Times-Pic
Black New Orleans voters got what they wanted with Obama, will sit out race for Congress. Well, one of them anyway.
In New Orleans, beyond black and white politics
LA Times
“Housing advocates say the program’s failure has contributed to a 40-percent spike in rents citywide. That has forced the federal government to pour even more Band-Aid relief into the recovery, including a $28-million-a-month Disaster Housing Assistance Program that helps 31,000 families pay the inflated rents.”
Rents up in New Orleans while $846m sits unclaimed
AP
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