Philip Nobel on post Katrina New Orleans...
The bad..
"It looks like parts of Detroit. Or the riot-scarred and abandoned blocks of Newark or Philadelphia."
The sad..
"Two years later there wasn’t a single flowerpot, clothesline, or overturned tricycle to indicate the presence of life."
The hopeful..
"Since the flood the city has seen an influx of youth and energy that is probably unprecedented in its modern life...Higher levees and ingenious planning aside, these new residents are the great hope for the place. Many are likely passing through, but New Orleans is easy to love and hard to leave. The city may be saved by these nonnatives succumbing to its native magic."
Via Metropolis
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I don't think its fair that people automatically refer to Newark as a 'riot-scarred' city. It is in the middle of an extensive Renaissance, and having gone to school there for four years I can say without a question that it has come a long way from those riots 40 years ago.
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