Comments on: Razing New Orleans

By: b.rox » Blog Archive » Profiles in Bloggage, Part 1

b.rox » Blog Archive » Profiles in Bloggage, Part 1 — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 19:05:33 +0000

[...] in danger of collapse were not on the list. My next-door neighbor was on the list, much to his shock and alarm. It was maddening. Karen and her compatriots were documenting the madness; local bloggers (such as [...]

By: Louisiana Blog » Senior Citizen gets home razed by city of New Orleans

Louisiana Blog » Senior Citizen gets home razed by city of New Orleans — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 20:26:30 +0000

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By: b.rox » Blog Archive » Erroneous Demolitions

b.rox » Blog Archive » Erroneous Demolitions — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 22:31:02 +0000

[...] few days ago I posted something from a private email correspondence, regarding the subject of erroneous demolitions by [...]

By: jeff lamb

jeff lamb — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:32:54 +0000

well ididn’t mean quite right, maybe the right word, but not the right thing to do

By: jeff lamb

jeff lamb — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 23:31:00 +0000

razing a barn would be to build a structure,?,
yet, the razing of new orleans is quite right.

By: The Times Picayune weighs in | Squandered Heritage

The Times Picayune weighs in | Squandered Heritage — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:35:57 +0000

[...] there you have it, we are having house genocide in the City and the Times Picayune sends in the Food [...]

By: Imminent Threat « jlp/ New Orleans

Imminent Threat « jlp/ New Orleans — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 23:58:34 +0000

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By: Editor B

Editor B — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:55:45 +0000

I think the dots have to be rather sizable in those interactive maps for usability’s sake — so you can click the dot and get the address.

Indeed 1,700 is not a big number in some ways. By way of comparison, a friend informs me that “Per FEMA, there have been 3,800 FEMA demos so far, and an equal number of private ones.” 1,700 is a small number in comparison.

Of course if it’s your house and you didn’t want it demolished, that’s one house too many.

I probably should have stuck with my original title for this post: “Unwanted Demolitions” instead of the alarmist “Razing of New Orleans.” Sometimes I get carried away.

By: Garvey

Garvey — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:43:27 +0000

Thanks, B. I didn’t mean to crap on your map. I meant the other map, too–the interactive one. It only starts to reveal reality when you zoom in. Zoomed out, it still has the same problem of overstating the case.

And I know you were making a different–and familiar–point, that the whole thing is a clusterfuck. That’s pretty much business as usual down there, but it’s great that people like you actually give a shit enough to fight it and make it known. Kudos.

I was only looking at the raw numbers and doubted that 1700 was a lot, (compared to the whole).

By: Editor B

Editor B — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 19:36:42 +0000

Garvey, of course you’re correct in some of your observations. New Orleans is full of houses which need to be demolished — and that was true before Katrina. But the reality here is that we have numerous houses which are in danger of imminent collapse which are not on the list, and while numerous houses which pose no threat are on the list.

The map is simply the best I could do with my limited resources. See the follow-up post which links to a true interactive map that allows you to zoom in to whatever level you like.