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re: Three new buildings proposed in New Orleans warehouse district
Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:09 am to TheCaterpillar
Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:09 am to TheCaterpillar
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While the demographics of residents and crime levels are different, the way Manhattan became safe again was pricing out the "riff raff" and beautifying/rebuilding delapidated city blocks (and heavy policing).
Yeah, I've been thinking/hoping that pricing out the scum would work, but it hasn't so far. Real estate prices are unreal in Nola, but I assume that the housing projects and more importantly the section 8 clusters still allows these types the chance to live in the city.
And I feel bad for the regular hard working low income types because this is a huge strain on them to still be able to live near downtown and find cheap housing that allows them to be near timely/efficient public transportation.
This post was edited on 4/6/17 at 9:11 am
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Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:10 am to ihometiger
Trump needs to build that trump tower on Camp and Poydras Thad was proposed back before the storm
Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:13 am to notiger1997
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Yeah, I've been thinking/hoping that pricing out the scum would work, but it hasn't so far.
I think this has to go by neighborhood.
New Orleans is set up like a checkerboard with good and bad neighborhoods, so the scum mingle with the high price real estate folks.
Just takes a lot of time and relocating section 8 zoning. Section 8 will fricking doom the city I think if they don't rethink that strategy.
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It's also not just pricing them out, but also dramatically adding street lighting, repairing abandoned buildings (or bulldozing them), etc. It is certainly not a silver bullet, but it does help.
It doesn't help that the New Orleans police are understaffed and full of morons. They are certainly no NYPD.
This post was edited on 4/6/17 at 9:16 am
Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:20 am to TheCaterpillar
And add to that the ability to have some good mental health/substance abuse programs would be a big help.
I think Nola is very close to hitting the major turning point on everything upriver from the 9th ward.
There has been a ton of gentrification and it's not slowing down. Central city can hopefully keep changing as that is the worst neighborhood that is really close to downtown
I think Nola is very close to hitting the major turning point on everything upriver from the 9th ward.
There has been a ton of gentrification and it's not slowing down. Central city can hopefully keep changing as that is the worst neighborhood that is really close to downtown
Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:21 am to ihometiger
Hideous imo.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:22 am to notiger1997
quote:there was a mental health facility proposed not far from where this building will be built. Also both bridgehouse and Ozman Inn is within blocks
And add to that the ability to have some good mental health/substance abuse programs would be a big help.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:27 am to Zach Lee To Amp Hill
Are you blind to all of the construction going on in basically every corner of the city? People love to focus on this one issue with Mitch and turn a blind eye to all of the other great successes going on in the city right now.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:30 am to CrazyCow202
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Are you blind to all of the construction going on in basically every corner of the city? People love to focus on this one issue with Mitch and turn a blind eye to all of the other great successes going on in the city right now.
There is tons of construction, but I am getting a bit worried that the prolonged oil downturn is going to just cause half-finished buildings and empty office space. Hopefully if we build it, they will come in terms of other industries.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:33 am to TheCaterpillar
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It's also not just pricing them out, but also dramatically adding street lighting, repairing abandoned buildings (or bulldozing them), etc. It is certainly not a silver bullet, but it does help.
Broken frickin Windows Theory. It's been proven to work and the city needs to get on board.
BR too
This post was edited on 4/6/17 at 9:35 am
Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:35 am to CrazyCow202
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Are you blind to all of the construction going on in basically every corner of the city? People love to focus on this one issue with Mitch and turn a blind eye to all of the other great successes going on in the city right now.
the 3rd tallest building in the state of louisiana, long considered a landmark in New Orleans due to its extremely recognizable design, is rotting in the middle of the city's business district.
fix it or demolish it. the other construction is obviously great but i don't see Houston or Atlanta or even cities like Memphis having abandoned, condemned skyscrapers downtown.
This post was edited on 4/6/17 at 9:52 am
Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:35 am to Zach Lee To Amp Hill
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if mitch wasn't so ate up by statues of guys who've been dead for 100 years, he'd figure out something to do with the Plaza Tower but you know, first things first.
It's owned by a local developer. I think they're trying to figure out how to get rid of 45 floors of toxic mold and asbestos.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:37 am to TJRibMe
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It's a matter of individual preference, but those designs could be in any metropolitan city.
These are all over Denver. Might be cooler if there wasnt an almost identical one on every single block.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:51 am to chillygentilly
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It's owned by a local developer. I think they're trying to figure out how to get rid of 45 floors of toxic mold and asbestos.
i'm aware. but i thought they already gutted the building awhile back. i could be wrong about that but i was under the impression that it's basically just a shell at this point.
and whether it's owned by a developer or not, the city needs to put some pressure on some people. it isn't like we're talking about the Schwegmann's/Robert's that have been empty in Bywater and the LGD.
it's a fricking skyscraper right next to the interstate.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:54 am to Zach Lee To Amp Hill
From what I've heard, it is an asbestos nightmare that can't be demolished because they don't want that all over downtown and no one wants to buy it because of the extreme costs that go with restoring it.
Either way, the monuments have nothing to do with it and is a childish, straw man argument.
Either way, the monuments have nothing to do with it and is a childish, straw man argument.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:55 am to CrazyCow202
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From what I've heard, it is an asbestos nightmare that can't be demolished because they don't want that all over downtown and no one wants to buy it because of the extreme costs that go with restoring it.
so wat do?
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Either way, the monuments have nothing to do with it and is a childish, straw man argument.
well no shite, but it's an easy target.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:56 am to ihometiger
Bring your OT checkbook if you want in 1100 Annunciation. Its going to be very nice.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:58 am to ihometiger
Sweet design
Especially the landscaping any city should have vertical forests and help the air out
Especially the landscaping any city should have vertical forests and help the air out
Posted on 4/6/17 at 9:59 am to Zach Lee To Amp Hill
Not too sure. I agree that it's a major eye sore. My guess is that with all of the new development in that area it will become worth it for someone to buy it and fix it in the future.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 10:08 am to chillygentilly
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It's owned by a local developer. I think they're trying to figure out how to get rid of 45 floors of toxic mold and asbestos.
This building has been re-mediated completely so no Mold or Asbestos to contend with. What you do have to contend with though is the layout of the floors with the cement columns every 10 feet and you will have to design a very expensive plumbing system on each floor. It will be developed but probably not for another three or four years.
Posted on 4/6/17 at 10:09 am to ihometiger
Had no idea this project was out there for the old Trade Center building.
Every time I walk by there I think "what a waste of prime real estate".
Hope it moves along.
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Every time I walk by there I think "what a waste of prime real estate".
Hope it moves along.
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A New Orleans judge dismissed a lawsuit Monday (Nov. 21) challenging the city's lease of the former World Trade Center, clearing a path for a Four Seasons hotel developer to move forward with a $360 million renovation of the vacant riverfront tower.
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