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

Double Dutch
Unlike high-rises associated with low-income projects in other cities, the Cooper apartments were designed to be low in scale, generally no more than three stories tall, giving the community an open, airy feel.

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