Because of its' inevitably smaller footprint, the future of New Orleans is to build higher. Here are a few announced projects, in varying stages of construction:
Welcome back New Orleans! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J817j...DE9540&index=9
Rebirth http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxiiH...elated&search=
Who Dat? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwXzV...20Deuce%20Bush
The Saints are Coming! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4xfE...20Deuce%20Bush
Vantage Tower condomiums, 25 floors is to be built in the CBD.
http://www.vantagetower.com/
Harrahs Riverfront Hotel, 28 floors, opened October, 2006.
http://www.harrahs.com/our_casinos/nor/index.html
Trump Tower New Orleans, 70 floors, on Poydras midway between the Dome and the river. Groundbreaking set for January, 2007.
L' Ultime Tower, 22 floors in Lake Marina at Westend on Lake Pontchartrain
http://www.lultime.com/
HRI Condominiums, tower I- 5 floors, tower II- 12 floors, in the Warehouse District
Plaza Tower, 45 floors opposite the Hyatt Regency and Union Passenger Terminal on the sw edge of the CBD
625 St. Charles condominiums, 18 floors, near the Garden District