bulldozing the 9th Ward

[donsu]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/02/AR2005100201320.html


- No one here wants to say it aloud, but one day soon the bulldozers will come, shoving away big hunks of a neighborhood known for its poverty and its artists, its bad luck and its bounce-back resilience.

It is likely to be the largest demolition of a community in modern U.S. history -- destruction begun by hurricanes Katrina and Rita and finished by heavy machinery. On Saturday, firefighters put red tags on hundreds of homes deemed "unsafe," the first step in a wrenching debate over whether the Lower Ninth Ward should be rebuilt or whether, as some suggest, it should revert to its natural state: swamp.

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The mayor himself has spoken ominously about the need for residents to come in, "take a peek," retrieve a few valuables and move on. Historic preservation advocates fear that the city will capitalize on a program run by the Federal Emergency Management Agency that pays to tear down damaged buildings but not to repair historic private properties.

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Lolita Reed Glass is suspicious that property owners such as her mother will be offered $5,000 for land that is resold for $500,000.
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somebody better take more then a "peek" on what is happening in the 9th.

[madokie]

1. But would you really want that to be "Drownie"

[dogday]

2. Someone will make Rich Ass condos

there and no one will be able to afford to go back.

[greekspeak]

5. Biff Buffy and Skip have to have SOMEPLACE to live in new Puke brand NOLA

They can't live in flood damaged homes in a swamp...they are the wrong color. :sarcasm:

[spooked911]

3. god how sad-- yet another community destroyed by Bush

[goclark]

4. Nagin is trying to make sure his folks actually see

what is happening.

He is right to encourage the 9th Ward residents to take a good look and don't dare sell.

As my millionaire friend once told me,"Black people should NEVER sell anything they own that has dirt under it."

[Sadie5]

6. Noticed in local rag

in the help wanted ads that at least two trucking companies had placed ads for drivers to deliver modular homes to the hurricane area. Ad said:get in on ground floor early. Make money delivering these homes to flood damaged South. Somebody will make a ton of money off this. A lot of these trailers will be made around here I assume. Bush got any friends in the modular home business?