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Category: Advocacy

Exterior photo of the neglected, yet salvageable single-family residence at 7519 Hampson St.

Advocacy

Advocacy Alert: Another attempt to demolish 7519 Hampson St. with an appeal to Cm. Giarrusso

For the third time, a homeowner in the Carrollton Historic District is trying to demolish the 1894 residence at 7519 …
Exterior photo of 7519 Hampson St.

Advocacy

HDLC denies demolition of 1894 house at 7519 Hampson Street

The New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission unanimously denied an application to demolish the 1894 residence at 7519 Hampson Street. …
Exterior photo of the First African Baptist Church

Advocacy

PRC Intern Documents Significant Central City Church

The First African Baptist Church at 2216 Third St. in Central City has a significant and storied past, serving as …
Before and after photo of a renovated home

Advocacy

Blight reduction should not result in unnecessary demolitions

No one wants to live next door to a blighted building. And no one wants to see a home fall …
Proposed rendering of the classic upscale hotel development for Elysian Fields

Advocacy

City Planning Recommends Denial of Out of Scale Development Proposed for Elysian Fields

On Dec. 10, the New Orleans City Planning Commission unanimously voted to recommend denial of the conditional use and size …
Proposed 3D rendering of the classic upscale hotel development for Elysian Fields

Advocacy

Out of Scale Development Proposed for Elysian Fields

The PRC is concerned about a proposed 7-story hotel planned for the Faubourg Marigny – a project that wants to …
Black and white, old exterior photo of the Sophie Gumbel Training School.

Advocacy

Sophie Gumbel School and a Garden District home recommended for the National Register of Historic Places

On Nov. 21, Louisiana’s National Register Review Committee recommended that two Orleans Parish properties, the Sophie Gumbel School at 1771 …
Exterior photo of 1016 N. Roman St.

Advocacy

HDLC unanimously denies 4 demolition requests in Treme, Mid-City and Algiers Point

The Historic District Landmarks Commission has unanimously denied four applications from the New Orleans Code Enforcement Department to demolish buildings …

Advocacy

Historic preservation under threat: Louisiana historic tax credit crucial to state economic development

Gov. Jeff Landry’s plan to weaken or eliminate the Louisiana state historic rehabilitation tax credit program would deal a blow …
Exterior photo of a neglected building on Oretha Castle Haley Boulevard

Advocacy

Code Enforcement demolishes historic buildings on O.C. Haley Blvd.

The New Orleans Code Enforcement Department recently demolished four buildings, including three historic houses and a non-historic dry cleaners on …
Greenery over growing the home at 2328 Annunciation

Advocacy

HDLC denies city demolition of 2328 Annunciation St.

The New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission has denied the New Orleans Code Enforcement Department’s application to demolish a circa-1896 …
Greenery over growing the home at 2328 Annunciation

Advocacy

City seeks to demolish blighted circa-1896 camelback

The staff of the New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission has recommended denial of an application from the New Orleans …