Published: Tuesday, September 14, 2010, 9:00 AM Gwen Filosa, The Times-Picayune The typical resident of the New Orleans metropolitan area pays 33 percent more in housing costs than before Hurricane Katrina struck,according to a survey by the U.S. Department of Housing and UrbanDevelopment released Monday. HUD Secretary Shaun...
September 1, 2010 New Orleans is rebounding well from the devastation wrought by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and could conceivably end up on a stronger economic footing than before the storm — if the city redevelops in the right way. For that to happen, federal, state...
Published: Wednesday, September 01, 2010, 6:03 PM Contributing Op-Ed columnist In the very near future, the New Orleans City Council will be asked to consider the construction of a very large parish prison. I believe that everyone involved in this discussion is acting in good faith...
The mood this weekend across New Orleans was somber. Rain poured and dark threatening clouds filled the sky, and I couldn’t seem to shake the gloom. The rebroadcasts of people stranded on their rooftops five years ago only served to remind me of all those...
Rebuilding efforts have turned it into a hopeful start-up city, but troubling new — and old — problems abound. By Kim Murphy and Richard Fausset, Los Angeles Times August 29, 2010 Reporting from New Orleans and Atlanta Tim Williamson was asked this month to assess the state of his...
Phrases.org identifies the origin of the phrase “Absence makes the heart grow fonder” as "Always toward absent lovers love's tide stronger flows" from Sextus Aurelius Propertius – a Roman poet from 15BC. (The same site also conveys the bawdy wordplay that Shamus may appreciate -...
Jordan Flaherty Author of the new book FLOODLINES Posted: August 27, 2010 02:52 PM Poet Sunni Patterson is one of New Orleans' most beloved artists. She has performed in nearly every venue in the city, toured the US, and frequently appears on television and radio, from Democracy Now...
by Shamus Rohn August 24, 2010 Max is crying today. Only five nights ago, we met Max in an abandoned house in the Mid City neighborhood of New Orleans. The house has not been touched since flooding from Hurricane Katrina as evidenced by the water marks and mold...
August 26, 2010 NEW ORLEANS - For the past year and a half, the non-profit group UNITY of Greater New Orleans has sent search teams into the more than 55,000 abandoned buildings around the city. They estimate that as many as 6,000 homeless people are living...
Katy Reckdahl, The Times-Picayune Published: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 6:00 AM [caption id="attachment_963" align="alignleft" width="553" caption="John McCusker, The Times-Picayune. Carrie Morgan-Handy spent three years living in this house on Laussat Place, without electricity or reliable plumbing, before being discovered by UNITY of Greater New Orleans"][/caption] Carrie Morgan Handy,...