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Which historic NOLA housing projects featured the worst living conditions?
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:48 pm
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:48 pm
And how did New Orleans end up with so many of these soviet-style housing projects in the mid/late 20th century?
Some photos of the larger ones:
Cooper:
Iberville:
Lafitte:
Desire:
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Magnolia:
St. Bernard:
Some photos of the larger ones:
Cooper:
Iberville:
Lafitte:
Desire:
[/url] Magnolia:
St. Bernard:
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Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:49 pm to goofball
All of the above
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:49 pm to goofball
Desire.. that shite hole was famous back in the day
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:51 pm to goofball
The 'nolia
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:51 pm to MorbidTheClown
Glad they’re all gone now.
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:51 pm to goofball
Lot of that east bloc shite outside Havana, Cuba too.
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:51 pm to MorbidTheClown
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Desire.. that shite hole was famous back in the day
Supposedly they were collapsing and sinking into the swamp before they were done with construction.
The entire concept of these housing projects are just fascinating to me. What the hell were they thinking?
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:51 pm to goofball
Jesus that doesn’t even look like America
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:52 pm to goofball
One River Place is the most gangsta place in the city.
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:52 pm to goofball
I would say Magnolia based on the way its designed.
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:53 pm to MorbidTheClown
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Desire..
And Fisher in Algiers.
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:53 pm to Picayuner
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Glad they’re all gone now.
The structures are gone, but the government housing persists in new construction multi-family houses that look something like the Cottages in Baton Rouge (or whatever it's called now).
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:53 pm to Eighteen
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Jesus that doesn’t even look like America
That's the kind of crap the progressives came up with at the time.
Some of the worst might have been in St. Louis:
Literally designed by the same Japanese architecture firm that designs prisons. And the WTC towers in NYC.
This post was edited on 6/22/21 at 1:55 pm
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:54 pm to goofball
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What the hell were they thinking?
It was for old people and really, really poor families at first. My great grandma lived in one until she was kicked out for having a window fan (1950s).
At first they were really strict, but that went to the wayside in the 1960s.
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:55 pm to goofball
Which one was in the music video for Ha! from Juvenile?
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:56 pm to OweO
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would say Magnolia based on the way its designed.
Magnolia wasn't too bad. My family's maid lived in the Magnolia right where Freret and Louisiana Avenues meet. I went inside her place many times. Also had a couple of beers at The Brown Derby. All during daylight hours.
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:56 pm to goofball
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:57 pm to goofball
My parents lived in St. Thomas when I was born. It was a few years after the end of WW2. My dad was in school. My mom said they weren't bad back then. A lot of young couples getting started after the war. I dont think the projects were even very old. Over time they degenerated into ghetto.
Posted on 6/22/21 at 1:57 pm to TimeAndTide
Fischer
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