The Lower Ninth Ward

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Hard to see, but the horizontal line is the new levee.

The old and the new

If walls could talk

Julie drove us to the Lower Ninth Ward which was devastated by Katrina. There were many vacant lots and a few new homes being built. Many were the result of Brad Pitt's Make It Right project. They are all built "green" with solar panels and angled roofs, about as far from usual NOLA architecture as possible. Here is a link about that:   http://www.makeitrightnola.org/index.ph