New Orleans, Post-Katrina

[NCB]

I have many pictures to post, but I'll start this thread off with two shots looking up and down Canal Street, which were taken 11/12/05. You can clearly see, that activity is quickly returning to the city.

[Mith242]

Great idea NCB. Thanks for posting the pics and I look forward to some more when you get the chance.

[NCB]

I found all of these pictures on a Houston forum. They are all post-katrina.

[tombarnes]

Very impressive photographs! I'm glad to see that life is returning to the city. Let's hope that some of those beautiful facades on Canal Street may see complete restoration.

[NCB]

More Post-Katrina pics of downtown..

Its great to see the Harrah's hotel back under construction!

The Riverwalk shopping center just recently re-oppened.

It's amazing to think about the things that went on here, just a few months ago..

[NCB]

More post-Katrina shots around downtown.

The Dominion Building suffered major wind damage during Katrina.

Next up...The neighborhoods and suburban cities of New Orleans.

[Jacob Norlund - KC]

Wow, that Walgreens back there is definitely the coolest I've ever seen. Most around here have a good-sized parking lot in front.

[NCB]

And now, come the pictures from neighborhoods around N.O.

You can easily see how much downtown N.O. and areas close to the Mississippi river were spared compared to neighborhoods closer to Laake Ponchartrain, and the Gulf of Mexico, just by comparing the pictures above, to the pictures below.

Just look at all the tarps..

More to come..

[NCB]

[NCB]

More neighborhood shots..

[dknightsox]

You have to take alot of these pics with a grain of salt. We all have to remember that New Orleans was NOT the cleanest city around. It is all about the history, the culture, the people. I was in N.O in August of this year, and even then, many things were under construction.

[tombarnes]

What a horrific mess! I hope that things will get better there sooner rather than later.

[NCB]

Yea, it is pretty bad once you get out of downtown, uptown, or the French Quarter. All of these neighborhoods would most likely already be fully up and running, if the levee's had not broken.

The new issue is, that many residents do want to come back and rebuild a slab house in these neighborhoods, especially Lakeview. I really dont get this at all. There was an article in the Times Picayune a few weeks ago, with an interview with a scientist from New York, who said that if people were to raise there houses anywhere from 5-12 feet, depending on which area of the bowl your in, that you would be safe from flooding from a major hurricane, even if New Orleans doesnt get cat. 5 levee protection. This is what residents of N.O. did hundreds of years ago, before the levee's were even built.

And now there is an arguement going on in the LA government about new building codes for the height of houses in N.O. and so on..

This is just a huge mess.

[NCB]

Some good photos of post Katrina Metairie and Kenner.

Link to photos

[Neo]

I just got back from New Orleans and wanted to share a photo of the flood level that I took while on a swamp tour just outside of NO off of I-10: