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By: Levees Not War » Blog Archive » “Whose Side Is Senator Landrieu On?”

Levees Not War » Blog Archive » “Whose Side Is Senator Landrieu On?” — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:53:35 +0000

[...] demolition list—undamaged houses the city said were in “imminent danger of collapse.” An excellent explanation of the “erroneous demolition” scandal appears here at the always interesting b.rox.com. Share This [...]

By: New Orleans 2007,7543 Willow Street, 2 story Builder’s Western Stick « jlp/ New Orleans

Sat, 11 Aug 2007 19:10:35 +0000

[...] Dangerblond’s blog. and also read, b.rox, erroneous demolitions [...]

By: Think New Orleans » Unannonuced Wholesale Demoltions and Karen Gabois on the Front Page of the Wall Street Journal

Thu, 09 Aug 2007 22:08:44 +0000

[...] List, a list of 1,700 homes that are to be demolished by the city using federal funds from FEMA. In Erroneous Demolitions a contributor to Bart Everson’s blog sums it up in this way. The basic issue is this — [...]

By: b.rox » Blog Archive » WSJ on Demolitions

b.rox » Blog Archive » WSJ on Demolitions — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 13:14:09 +0000

[...] media has finally picked up the erroneous demolitions story. But strangely enough, it’s the Wall Street Journal. I wonder why the local media [...]

By: Maitri

Maitri — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 18:58:26 +0000

A lot of issues going on here:

Demo-phoria: The local newspaper isn’t on the story because they’re busy fluffing their pompoms for the new New Orleans order/mantra of “Demolitions! Blight begone (and solid houses with it but who cares about that?)! Throw the baby out with the bathwater!”

Believing your own press: Somehow our city (and press) believes itself when it thinks that the demolitions have no ulterior motives or aren’t being done haphazardly. Why else would perfectly good homes be on the list? There’s administrative oversight/incompetence and then there’s redevelopment malice.

If we raze New Orleans, the developers will come: Too bad the (re)developers won’t come even if the barren land is offered up to them on a silver platter. What’s in it for them?

By: Karen

Karen — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 13:16:47 +0000

Bill, Let us know as well.

We are keeping a master list of people who want OFF the list.

Thanks, Karen

By: Banzai Bill White

Banzai Bill White — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 05:49:24 +0000

Well, isn’t that special–my old house IS on the demolition list. And I had heard from a neighbor that the new owners had just begun gutting the house…. after having sold it to them in July 2006…. I will let the new owners know that they are on the list (if they don’t know already).

By: Do not Even think about it | Squandered Heritage

Do not Even think about it | Squandered Heritage — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 01:56:27 +0000

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