NOLA's 9 Most Endangered Sites 2014
As listed by the city and state preservation organizations include two that readers of The Fight for Home know well.
-- Semmes Elementary School, across the street from Carolyn Parker, is cited as "a blighted public nuisance" whose owner (a fromer public official, last I checked) has repeatedly paid fines without fixing violations. The article doesn't mention that Semmes was the scene of crucial school integration in the 60's -- or that the structure would make a great community center in an area that could use one.
-- Historic Holy Cross District, which includes not only Carolyn's home but Patsi's, Mark's, Lathan's. Preservation Magazine calls the two high-rise condo towers proposed for the "anchor" site of Holy Cross -- former site of the Holy Cross School -- "out of scale and character with the neighborhood" and adds that they "will set a dangerous precedent for historic neighborhoods along the river."
Streets and neighborhoods supposedly recovered after Katrina still face real threats. What can you do? Stay in touch with issues via the Holy Cross Neighborhood Association https://www.facebook.com/holycrossnei.... They should let you know how and when to plug in and fight for home.The Fight for Home: How (Parts of) New Orleans Came Back
-- Semmes Elementary School, across the street from Carolyn Parker, is cited as "a blighted public nuisance" whose owner (a fromer public official, last I checked) has repeatedly paid fines without fixing violations. The article doesn't mention that Semmes was the scene of crucial school integration in the 60's -- or that the structure would make a great community center in an area that could use one.
-- Historic Holy Cross District, which includes not only Carolyn's home but Patsi's, Mark's, Lathan's. Preservation Magazine calls the two high-rise condo towers proposed for the "anchor" site of Holy Cross -- former site of the Holy Cross School -- "out of scale and character with the neighborhood" and adds that they "will set a dangerous precedent for historic neighborhoods along the river."
Streets and neighborhoods supposedly recovered after Katrina still face real threats. What can you do? Stay in touch with issues via the Holy Cross Neighborhood Association https://www.facebook.com/holycrossnei.... They should let you know how and when to plug in and fight for home.The Fight for Home: How (Parts of) New Orleans Came Back
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