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Islands in Lake Pontchatrain?
Posted on 4/23/17 at 8:05 pm
Posted on 4/23/17 at 8:05 pm
Apparently, a chain of islands were considered in Lake Pontchatrain to house waterside hotels and home and resort sites. Those surely would have survived storms. And I thought the Mandeville Mayor's sand beach was a dumb idea.
This post was edited on 4/23/17 at 8:06 pm
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Posted on 4/23/17 at 8:10 pm to JabarkusRussell
German islands?
Posted on 4/23/17 at 8:12 pm to JabarkusRussell
What year was this?
Posted on 4/23/17 at 8:14 pm to JabarkusRussell
Post the 'accompanying map' the article mentions
Posted on 4/23/17 at 8:20 pm to SuperSaint
there was a proposal in the mid/late 1960s to build a new airport on a man-made island in the middle of Lake Ponchatrain...
Posted on 4/23/17 at 8:24 pm to JabarkusRussell
Would've made it a lot easier to widen.
But, we would lose the only thing we can brag about in this state.
But, we would lose the only thing we can brag about in this state.
Posted on 4/23/17 at 8:27 pm to vl100butch
quote:Didn't the Japs do this? As I recall they had to design the building so that it could be jacked up over time as the land settled.
there was a proposal in the mid/late 1960s to build a new airport on a man-made island in the middle of Lake Ponchatrain...
ETA: Yes they did. The Kansai Airport outside of Osaka-
This post was edited on 4/23/17 at 8:32 pm
Posted on 4/23/17 at 8:28 pm to JabarkusRussell
So the hotel developers at the time preferred that a body of water separate them from New Orleans culcha?
This post was edited on 4/23/17 at 8:29 pm
Posted on 4/23/17 at 8:53 pm to JabarkusRussell
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purchasers of such sites, the type of people that made Florida prosperous.
Glad it failed.
Posted on 4/23/17 at 8:54 pm to BRgetthenet
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Lake Pontchartrain
No restrictions on the causeway
Smooth sailing on the Bonnet Carre until you hit Power Blvd, minimal delays to the 610 merge
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Posted on 4/23/17 at 9:02 pm to SlapahoeTribe
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Didn't the Japs do this? As I recall they had to design the building so that it could be jacked up over time as the land settled.
Hong Kong did this without needing to jack up the buildings.
Posted on 4/23/17 at 9:38 pm to JabarkusRussell
The last paragraph makes me lol.
Imagine if this was proposed in our current administration
Imagine if this was proposed in our current administration
Posted on 4/23/17 at 9:53 pm to JabarkusRussell
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And I thought the Mandeville Mayor's sand beach was a dumb idea.
What's your issue with the new beach?
Posted on 4/23/17 at 11:04 pm to Honky Lips
Don't take the bait
Posted on 4/23/17 at 11:16 pm to JabarkusRussell
I wonder how water spouts would affect hotels in the middle of the lake.
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