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Old Posted Dec 5, 2013, 8:53 PM
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I'd love to be car free but given the heat in New Orleans and you need a car to evacuate for hurricanes, no. I wouldn't go car free.
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Old Posted Dec 5, 2013, 9:39 PM
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Does anyone know about 926 Canal St? (Almost) anything is better than nothing.
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Old Posted Dec 5, 2013, 11:55 PM
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I'm sure some of you have noticed the new Starbucks at Canal/St Charles. Very impressive! I wish all chains in the FQ/CBD looked like this.



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The area is losing non-stop service to Key West on June 6th, 2014, as Southwest Airlines is completely shutting down the Key West station. Closing it due to excessive delays.

Also...that Starbucks is absolutely beautiful.
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Old Posted Dec 6, 2013, 2:39 AM
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That's a super nice Starbucks.
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The area is losing non-stop service to Key West on June 6th, 2014, as Southwest Airlines is completely shutting down the Key West station. Closing it due to excessive delays.

Also...that Starbucks is absolutely beautiful.
I was upset about the Key west deal... but southwest says it is pulling out of small cities. Oh well... big blow for Key west though... Perhaps Southern Airways Express will pick up the slack since no big airlines want to fly there anymore.
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Old Posted Dec 6, 2013, 12:35 PM
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S&WB contemplates a $723.4 million building budget for 2014

http://www.nola.com/politics/index.s..._river_default

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Miller described the next year as a turning point of sorts as the S&WB tries to transition from a stricken agency that loses almost 90 million gallons of drinking water every day and is under orders from the Environmental Protection Agency to stop sewage from leaking into the soil and waterways, to one with a storm-hardened network of pipes, canals, pump stations, power plants and treatment plants.

Should things go as predicted, the water board could hire 38 more employees in 2014, bringing its ranks up to 1,058. It had fewer than 1,000 workers shortly after Hurricane Katrina, and about a third of the existing workforce is old enough to retire.

The S&WB's dire financial straits after Katrina have calmed somewhat -- partly a result, Miller said, of the first of eight 10 percent rate increases for water and sewer services that the New Orleans City Council enacted at the start of 2013.
Checking In On The Iberville Demo and Development
http://nola.curbed.com/archives/2013...evelopment.php



Does anyone know anything about this below that Tennis posted? I couldn't find any info on a coffee shop at this location. Very intriguing though.

2540 Banks St·Renovation (Non-Structural) ·Ref Code: MDTAMX
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12/5/2013 10:30:18 AM
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No
Description
Add kitchen to existing coffee shop to become a full service restaurant(under 50 people) as per plans.


Finally, thoughts on this? I agree the building design leaves a lot to be desired, but I am super excited about the height and potential density. Hopefully the NIMBYs don't succeed in having floors chopped off or derailing the whole project.

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Proposed five-story Oak Lofts building would add condos, commercial space to Oak Street



Hope thats just a rough sketch because that is one ugly building at this point

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30 story rehab on Baronne

HRI Properties has closed on its $100 million financing package for the purchase and conversion of a 30-story downtown office tower into apartments and a boutique hotel.

Read more: http://neworleanscitybusiness.com/bl...#ixzz2miaVSNZi


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West Bank getting more hotel rooms, with Boomtown Casino, Hampton Inn hotels under construction








http://www.nola.com/business/index.s...l#incart_river


Firehouse Conversion Gets The A-OK From City Council






http://nola.curbed.com/archives/2013...uncil.php#more


New Supper Club Proposed at 233 North Peters:





Link to the refurbishment plans for Lusher School:

http://www.nola.gov/getattachment/Ci...ol-Part-1.pdf/


New Skate Park Under 610:





Esplanade Avenue Median Restoration:

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http://www.nola.gov/getattachment/Ci...storation.pdf/


City reopens Wisner Playground following park improvements


DECEMBER 06, 2013
NEW ORLEANS, LA – Today, the City of New Orleans and the New Orleans Recreation and Development Commission reopened Wisner Playground at 4877 Laurel Street in the West Riverside neighborhood following a $309,000 improvement project to the facility. Enhancements include landscaping, seating, garbage cans, and a dog run allowing pet owners to walk their dogs off-leash in a designated, fenced area.

“The City of New Orleans is committed to improving neighborhood parks and playgrounds,” Mayor Mitch Landrieu said. “The enhancements to Wisner Playground, including the new dog run, will benefit the entire West Riverside community. Pet owners have asked for more designated space to walk their dog off-leash and the City is delivering.”

http://www.nola.gov/mayor/press-rele...er-playground/


1 Poydras St, Suite 234·New Construction ·Ref Code: PPVA47
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NEW FOOD COURT RESTAURANT, MANDARIN EXPRESS, TAKE AWAY SERVICE, KITCHEN & SERVICE AREA



1024 Magazine St·Conditional Use ·Project #13-1202 ·Ref Code: VE256P
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Rescind existing conditional use for surface parking lot and amend the current CBPCD to include new parking garage.


3634 Coliseum St·Change of Use ·Ref Code: D223B2
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K. B. Kaufmann & Co. Inc
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Convert vacant commercial space into a dental office as per plans.


1500 Baronne St·Change of Use ·Ref Code: P7ZUSF
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Donald Maginnis Architect
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Convert vacant space to restaurant/bar as per plans.


4933 Magazine St·Change of Use ·Ref Code: FR1C0P
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Steven J. Finegan Architects
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12/5/2013 1:39:54 PM
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Convert existing vacant tenant space into new resturan/bar with offices and storage above on 2nd floor per plans. All signage shall be under separate permit.(Pizza Domenica)

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Old Posted Dec 7, 2013, 7:05 AM
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Hopefully that skate park works out...they have a similar one in Portland near downtown.
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Lafitte Corridor Update

Good news: Lafitte Corridor construction bids are opened Tuesday, with construction starting end of January, 2014, completion February, 2015!!

Bad news: This phase isn't extending all the way to Canal Street, just to N. Alexander Street.

http://www.purchasing.cityofno.com/b...Url=activeBids

http://hosted.verticalresponse.com/1...21/31f245ead3/

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Permanent Pumps at the Lake Update

Here is the ACOE's flickr page with up to date pictures of their progress building the 3 new outfall canals on the Lake at the 17th Street Canal, Orleans Canal, and London Canal. Pay particular attention to the interesting, huge new peninsula they've built along the 17th Street Canal opposite the site of the old Coconut Beach. I hope that becomes nice new greenspace after this project is over... or a cool waterfront development of some kind...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/teamnew...7636355167283/


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Old Posted Dec 9, 2013, 5:39 PM
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Good news about construction starting (finally!) on the Lafitte Corridor. That will be a transformative project for the city. Especially with its already very high bike usage share and the success of the Beltline.


A REGION REDEFINED PART V: The 'sliver by the river'

http://theadvocate.com/news/neworlea...on-accelerates
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The real-estate situation is stunning even to recent arrivals. Morgan pointed out a home down the street from hers that a few years ago sold as an empty lot for $80,000 and just went for $470,000 the other week. Data from Latter & Blum comparing six months’ worth of sales this year with a six-month period in 2004 show the average home price in the neighborhood leapt from about $155,000 to $373,000.

People get in touch with the neighborhood association “begging for an affordable place,” Morgan said, and she has to warn them about slumlords. “If you’re going to find a place for under $1,000 a month,” she said, “expect to do your own repairs.”

Back to the future

Gentrification has been stalking the Irish Channel for a long time. The term had not yet come into wide use, but a 1977 documentary called “Changing the Channel” can still be found online, featuring interviews about the “renovation question” and a corny jingle with the lyrics, “Moving day, moving day/ If you can’t afford the rent you’ve got to live out in a tent/ Because it’s moving day.”
Lots more at the link, moderately interesting article...

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Old Posted Dec 9, 2013, 5:42 PM
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Hopefully that skate park works out...they have a similar one in Portland near downtown.
It works pretty well as is (which I believe is the 3rd iteration) at that location. The first park was built on the railroad right of way and subsequently demolished. The park then moved under the bridge as a DIY park that was piecemealed by the skaters, then finally they received approval from the city and NORD and constructed some more permanent ramps. It appears that this will be a professionally designed and built park at that same site. I last skated the park back in August and have not been out since. I'm going to pass by later today and check it out.
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Old Posted Dec 10, 2013, 5:21 PM
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Police remind Frenchmen St. businesses of rules

http://theadvocate.com/news/neworlea...-st-businesses
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Two New Orleans police officers walked Frenchmen Street on a recent Friday night wielding unusual weapons: highlighted copies of a city ordinance.

Moving from club to club, the officers asked proprietors to close their doors, remove tables from the sidewalks and take down barricades used to block off street space. Most critically, the cops also reminded them of 9-year-old music restrictions that would be a shock to most Frenchmen Street regulars: In most venues, the law says, bands may have no more than three musicians, and the music may not be amplified in any way.

The Police Department says the sweep was routine, and not a harbinger of a crackdown...

But the police visits set off a storm of protest online, perhaps because club owners say the regulations haven’t been enforced in years, and the visits seemed to them to bode ill...

In it, Grenier predicted many musicians would be out of work if the sweeps continued. Facebook sprang to life to share the blog, with poster after poster fretting that, yet again, New Orleans was trying to stamp out live music.

The angst reflected a real-life division about the future of the street, with some Faubourg Marigny residents looking for the burgeoning strip to calm down and return to its roots as a neighborhood commercial corridor that happens to host live music. Others, particularly the owners of clubs that have opened in recent years, argue it is time to embrace the street’s growing popularity and revisit rules that have been widely ignored.
As New Orleans comes back, some neighborhoods boom, others stay blighted

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/ec...-stay-blighted
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MacDonald has lived in Treme for 34 years, but recently had to move when the place she rented went up for sale. She felt lucky to find an apartment she could afford a few blocks away. She said many new owners convert historic doubles into single-family houses. That means fewer rental units. And the pricetags send a message.

"You trying to run us out of New Orleans," she said. "Out of here. You know we can't afford $287,000."

That's what a nearby house recently sold for. High dollar for what Treme is used to, but cheap for people coming from Los Angeles or New York. And increasingly, real estate agent Eric Wilkinson said, people are.

"This is by far the most active the market's ever been, in at least the last decade," he said. "The most people moving to New Orleans, buying in New Orleans."

He says New Orleans has joined the "it" list, with cities like San Francisco and Austin, but cheaper. And those with fresh eyes have an advantage over natives.
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^ This is a side effect of our failure to provide luxury rentals or condos in sufficient amounts outside the CBD. The guy looking for a shotgun double to renovate probably won't want a CBD highrise apartment but they might consider high-end apartments in smaller developments (like Rice Mill).

Meanwhile, New Orleanians are hitting the streets protesting six-story "highrises" while also lamenting gentrification. But as long as the supply of housing stays fixed and the economy continue to grow, wealthy people will continue to price out poorer people.
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^ This is a side effect of our failure to provide luxury rentals or condos in sufficient amounts outside the CBD. The guy looking for a shotgun double to renovate probably won't want a CBD highrise apartment but they might consider high-end apartments in smaller developments (like Rice Mill).

Meanwhile, New Orleanians are hitting the streets protesting six-story "highrises" while also lamenting gentrification. But as long as the supply of housing stays fixed and the economy continue to grow, wealthy people will continue to price out poorer people.
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800 Perdido St·Renovation (Structural) ·Ref Code: JJ5KKU
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Interior structural repairs to existing vacant commercil building (800-828) as per plans. No use & occupancy. Plans to follow. No exterior work allowed under this permit.



311 N Peters St·Renovation (Structural) ·Ref Code: DTK5C0
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THE SCOPE OF THIS PROJECT IS TO RENOVATE AN EXISTING VACANT THREE STORY STRUCTURE THAT WAS ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN CIRCA 1860 AS A LEATHER TANNERY. THE BUILDING HAS SAT VACANT SINCE HURRICANE KATRINA. PRIOR TO THE HURRICANE THE FIRST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING WAS USED AS A BAR AND RESTAURANT WHILE THE 2ND AND 3RD FLOOR WERE VACANT. THE PLANS PROPOSE TO RENOVATE THE ENTIRE BUILDING TO HOUSE COMMERCIAL SPACE ON THE GROUND FLOOR AND ADD A TOTAL OF 4 RESIDENTIAL UNITS ABOVE
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^ This is a side effect of our failure to provide luxury rentals or condos in sufficient amounts outside the CBD. The guy looking for a shotgun double to renovate probably won't want a CBD highrise apartment but they might consider high-end apartments in smaller developments (like Rice Mill).

Meanwhile, New Orleanians are hitting the streets protesting six-story "highrises" while also lamenting gentrification. But as long as the supply of housing stays fixed and the economy continue to grow, wealthy people will continue to price out poorer people.
Excellent point. The Draft CZO is encouraging/allowing for more mid-rise building in areas like the Bywater anyway. As long as they provide some level of parking, something like RM-4 with a 75' height limit would work great in places like Bywater, Elysian Fields, Warehouse District, Tulane Ave, or even the Lakefront.
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Cool. 800 Perdido is the Factors Row building... I'm glad they are doing the necessary structural work to keep it around until a reuse plan is formed. Part of the building sadly collapsed onto Singha Thai a few months ago.

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This is a side effect of our failure to provide luxury rentals or condos in sufficient amounts outside the CBD. The guy looking for a shotgun double to renovate probably won't want a CBD highrise apartment but they might consider high-end apartments in smaller developments (like Rice Mill).
Umm or the guy wants a historical "New Orleans" style shotgun in a authentic neighborhood...like he said in the article.

I agree we need more density in the historic residential areas, but the "problem" of gentrification in some neighborhoods isn't because of a lack of density in others.
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