Can A Rebuilt New Orleans Retain Its Character?

With federal aid available, pet redevelopment projects are now possible. Some worry that a rebuilt New Orleans will lose its distinct character.

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September 9, 2005, 8:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"With as much as $200 billion in federal aid possible for the region, much of it aimed at New Orleans, once pie-in-the-sky redevelopment plans suddenly appear possible. A light-rail system, new schools, a mile-long riverfront park, museums and other cultural facilities are just some of the ideas that hometown boosters have long promoted as elixirs for the neighborhoods that remained cut off economically and geographically from the city's tourist and convention-business goldmine....Some fear that a rebuilt New Orleans could be a sanitized version of its past, lacking its trademark gritty charm."

Thanks to Matthew Shaffer

FULL STORY: Can a rebuilt New Orleans retain its character?

Thursday, September 8, 2005 in Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (via Wall Street Journal)

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