A grass-roots campaign has started among the displaced citizens of New Orleans that opposes the onslaught of planners and developers wanting to rebuild the city.
"So here's one rallying cry of home owners and preservationists, of the displaced and possibly disposessed former residents of New Orleans: beware the developers. Beware the city planners. Beware all the people flocking to the city bulldoze neighborhoods and "start over fresh." Because if fifty years of urban renewal taught us anything it's that what gets knocked down does not necessarily get rebuilt, or rebuilt better."
Guests include: Patty Gay, Executive Director, Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans; Fred Starr, Chair, Central Asia-Caucasus Institute at Johns Hopkins University and New Orleans resident and homeowner; David Goldberg, Communications Director, Smart Growth America; and Neil Smith, Professor, The Graduate Center at CUNY.
A full audio recording is available online.
FULL STORY: Rebuilding New Orleans: Beware the Developers
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