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...such force is the Mississippi River. Once, the Gulf of Mexico extended north to Cape Girardeau, Mo., but the river gradually deposited enough sediment into a receding sea to create tens of thousands of square miles of land stretching south to the present mouth of the river. Long after New Orleans was first settled, the entire region remained above sea level and safe from hurricanes. Engineers prevented river floods by building levees and kept shipping channels open by constructing jetties two miles out into the ocean so that the river dropped its sediment into deep water. Before the jetties were...
...University-owned Brighton Mills Shopping Center and provide “resources” to construct a new low-income apartment complex there in exchange for the site of the Charlesview Apartments—now located at the center of the University’s holdings across the River. Preliminary designs for the University’s Allston campus hinge upon the acquisition of the plot occupied by the apartments, which is frequently mentioned as a future site of an arts center. The University has been mired in negotiations with the Charlesview Board of Directors since January 2003. The owners...
...from the madness that was Mardi Gras in downtown New Orleans, developers are hoping to start a frenzy of their own-in real estate along the Mississippi River. The French, it turns out, knew what they were doing when they built the Vieux Carre at the bend in the river. That section of the city didn't flood after Hurricane Katrina, even after the levees broke, because it was on higher ground. Now, while homeowners in suburban New Orleans worry that neighborhoods will be bulldozed for parks and greenways, the moneymen are hoping to lure people back into the city...
...offer stunning views of the mighty Mississippi. The Port of New Orleans just signed an agreement to open up four miles of riverfront for development, including a one-mile-long park replacing wharves. Nearby, developer Pres Kabacoff's $318 million plan to transform the St. Thomas housing project into River Garden-a mixed-income neighborhood with Creole cottages, Victorian doubles and Greek Revival houses-should get back on track this month. And a few blocks away, KB Home, one of the nation's largest builders, will turn dirt this spring on 58 lots for Orleans-style homes. With $50 billion...
...renaissance of our city," says Larry Schmidt, who runs the New Orleans office of the Trust, which seeks to conserve land for parks and historic sites. Already, the nearby Glidden Paint building is slated to be converted into 100 condos and the next phase of Kabacoff?s River Garden development is in the works...