Requiem for a New Orleans Neighborhood

Requiem for a New Orleans Neighborhood Three years after Hurricane Katrina, HUD makes a controversial decision to tear down the B.W. Cooper Apartments

Home Court
The B.W. Cooper Apartments, in New Orleans' Mid-City District, began their life as a national model of lower income housing.

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