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Former housing projects in Nola…
Posted on 7/1/23 at 9:24 pm
Posted on 7/1/23 at 9:24 pm
After Katrina the old Soviet style massive projects were torn down and replaced with modern housing for the poors.
I’ve ridden through several of these areas in the last year or so and it’s amazing that they all still look really nice. What was done back then in operational structure and follow on over site that has let this happen? I remember in the beginning they were going to be stricter about who they were going to let in and be more aggressive at throwing out derelicts.
It’s like some kind of miracle that there isn’t graffiti on them, the grass is cut, there aren’t junked cars in the streets, and the places all seem pretty well kept up.
Disclaimer…. I know criminals still live in these places and many are drug havens. It’s just strange that something overall seems to be going well with this program.
I’ve ridden through several of these areas in the last year or so and it’s amazing that they all still look really nice. What was done back then in operational structure and follow on over site that has let this happen? I remember in the beginning they were going to be stricter about who they were going to let in and be more aggressive at throwing out derelicts.
It’s like some kind of miracle that there isn’t graffiti on them, the grass is cut, there aren’t junked cars in the streets, and the places all seem pretty well kept up.
Disclaimer…. I know criminals still live in these places and many are drug havens. It’s just strange that something overall seems to be going well with this program.
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Posted on 7/1/23 at 9:27 pm to notiger1997
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It’s like some kind of miracle that there isn’t graffiti on them,
Agreed.
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the grass is cut,
I highly doubt that the residents cut their own grass.
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there aren’t junked cars in the streets
Purchased via credicks that will never be paid back.
Posted on 7/1/23 at 9:27 pm to notiger1997
Right now I don’t see how they could be any worse than rest of them. If they get you there same day or so you wanted u are ahead of the game
Posted on 7/1/23 at 9:27 pm to notiger1997
What’s the question?
Posted on 7/1/23 at 9:29 pm to THRILLHO
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highly doubt that the residents cut their own grass.
Of course not. This just means that some aspect of the government is in charge of it being done and it’s happening. Nothing at all is functional it seems in the city, but the housing program is doing well for some reason.
Posted on 7/1/23 at 9:30 pm to TutHillTiger
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Right now I don’t see how they could be any worse than rest of them. If they get you there same day or so you wanted u are ahead of the game
I’m so confused
Posted on 7/1/23 at 9:32 pm to notiger1997
I think maybe he thought he was in the frontier Airline thread
As for the projects - I have no idea - when my grandparents got engaged in 1945 they took their picture in front of the st Thomas project bc it was nicer looking than their houses
As for the projects - I have no idea - when my grandparents got engaged in 1945 they took their picture in front of the st Thomas project bc it was nicer looking than their houses
Posted on 7/1/23 at 9:34 pm to notiger1997
I used to drop employees off after work from time to time and have seen the St. Thomas, Maglonia, Iberville, and Calliope in the late afternoon when the streets were packed.
Quite the sight. Cant lie, made me nervous as frick.
Quite the sight. Cant lie, made me nervous as frick.
Posted on 7/1/23 at 9:34 pm to TutHillTiger
quote:
Right now I don’t see how they could be any worse than rest of them. If they get you there same day or so you wanted u are ahead of the game
Posted on 7/1/23 at 9:36 pm to James11111
quote:but all the ghetto neighborhoods were like that, I had a friend that lived off of Leonidas in the 1990s and I’d drive her home so she didn’t have to take the bus at night by herself - yikes
Quite the sight. Cant lie, made me nervous as frick.
Posted on 7/1/23 at 9:44 pm to GreenRockTiger
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As for the projects - I have no idea - when my grandparents got engaged in 1945 they took their picture in front of the st Thomas project bc it was nicer looking than their houses
Could have also lived there. A lot of GI's came back to live in housing projects.
Posted on 7/1/23 at 9:46 pm to notiger1997
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I’ve ridden through several of these areas in the last year or so and it’s amazing that they all still look really nice.
They aren't strictly poverty now, they are "mixed income", so a percentage of the residents have some ability to function. They are probably also spending a lot more per unit for maintenance and maya have less than 100 % occupancy besides lower density to begin with.
Some of the blocks of housing projects worked for decades when they were segregated up to the late 60's. Entry housing for the poor who eventually moved on.
Posted on 7/1/23 at 9:50 pm to James11111
quote:weak
I used to drop employees off after work from time to time and have seen the St. Thomas, Maglonia, Iberville, and Calliope in the late afternoon when the streets were packed. Quite the sight. Cant lie, made me nervous as frick.
I've stayed the night in all of those projects back before the storm
And I'm white
Posted on 7/1/23 at 9:51 pm to fightin tigers
quote:no they didn’t live but my great grandma lived in the iberville for a while - she was kicked out for having a window fan
Could have also lived there. A lot of GI's came back to live in housing projects.
Posted on 7/1/23 at 9:54 pm to GreenRockTiger
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but all the ghetto neighborhoods were like that, I had a friend that lived off of Leonidas in the 1990s and I’d drive her home so she didn’t have to take the bus at night by herself - yikes
I used to take a dude home from work at a restaurant downtown BR. He lived behind the bus station. I would usually drop him off on the corner because that’s what he requested.
One night, it was raining so I insisted on dropping him at his house. His brothers car was parked on the street. He told me not to stop by his brothers car or his brother would come out shooting. He was dead serious.
He later told me that he asked to be dropped off at the corner because it wasn't safe for either of us for a white man to be driving in his street,
It’s hard to imagine that people live in that kind of world.
This post was edited on 7/1/23 at 9:59 pm
Posted on 7/1/23 at 9:55 pm to SuperSaint
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SuperSaint
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I've stayed the night in all of those projects back before the storm
St. Thomas was the worst but it wasn’t too bad after they made it all fancy.
Posted on 7/1/23 at 9:59 pm to notiger1997
i want to say they're a lot stricter on the upkeep. if you trash it you can get thrown out
Posted on 7/1/23 at 10:24 pm to SuperSaint
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I've stayed the night in all of those projects back before the storm
Posted on 7/1/23 at 10:29 pm to SuperSaint
Upvote, except my post was true.
Posted on 7/1/23 at 11:08 pm to notiger1997
I lived in nola for about half a year in 2010-2011. lived on tchoupitoulas. I remember getting stop by the police riding my bike thru the projects by the food stamp office they swarm me in seconds.* it was iberville.
This post was edited on 7/2/23 at 2:54 pm
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