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We Are Coming Back: New Orleans After Katrina

I spent a limited amount of time in New Orleans in April 2007, about a year and a-half after Katrina. Other than the water receding and much of the rubble removed, little had changed and entire neighborhoods were largely abandoned aside from an occupied house of FEMA trailers.
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Concrete statue and petroleum cars, Airline Drive, Metairie.
Concrete statue and petroleum cars, Airline Drive, Metairie.		 Metairie cemetery crypt.
Metairie cemetery crypt.		 U Loot, U Dead. Upper Ninth Ward.
"U Loot, U Dead". Upper Ninth Ward.		 Pole, Lower Ninth Ward.
Pole, Lower Ninth Ward.
The Beauty Spot, St. Claude Avenue.
The Beauty Spot, St. Claude Avenue.		 The Beauty Spot, St. Claude Avenue.
The Beauty Spot, St. Claude Avenue.		 Fortified house, Lower Ninth Ward.
Fortified house, Lower Ninth Ward.		 Rubble in the street, Lower Ninth Ward.
Rubble in the street, Lower Ninth Ward.
Free Gutting, Lower Ninth Ward.
"Free Gutting," Lower Ninth Ward.		 We Are Coming Back, Lower Ninth Ward.
"We Are Coming Back," Lower Ninth Ward.		 Hall for rent, St. Claude Avenue.
Hall for rent, St. Claude Avenue.		 Pool hall, Lower Ninth Ward.
Pool hall, Lower Ninth Ward.
Houses swept by floodwaters off their foundations, near the Industrial Canal breach.
Houses swept by floodwaters off their foundations, near the Industrial Canal breach.		 Steps, all that remained of a former home near the Industrial Canal.
Steps, all that remained of a former home near the Industrial Canal.		 Flooded truck, near the Industrial Canal.
Flooded truck, near the Industrial Canal.		 Abandoned boats near the Industrial Canal.
Abandoned boats near the Industrial Canal.
House, with plastic chair stuck in rafters, near the Industrial Canal breach.
House, with plastic chair stuck in rafters, near the Industrial Canal breach.		 House interior, near the Industrial Canal breach.
House interior, near the Industrial Canal breach.		 Law Street, near the Industrial Canal breach.
Law Street, near the Industrial Canal breach.		 St.Vincent De Paul Cemetery No. 2, St. Claude.
St.Vincent De Paul Cemetery No. 2, St. Claude.
St. Vincent De Paul Cemetery No. 2 gate, St. Claude.
St. Vincent De Paul Cemetery No. 2 gate, St. Claude.		 Mardi Gras floats in storage,
Mardi Gras floats in storage,		 Mardi Gras float.
Mardi Gras float.		 Mardi Gras float.
Mardi Gras float.
Viking and Indian chief floats left over from Mardi Gras parade.
Viking and Indian chief floats left over from Mardi Gras parade.		 Diver's helmet from Mardi Gras parade, a reference to Katrina.
Diver's helmet from Mardi Gras parade, a reference to Katrina.		 St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, downtown in the distance.
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1, downtown in the distance.		 St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.
St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.
Flowers, St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.
Flowers, St. Louis Cemetery No. 1.		 FEMA trailer.
FEMA trailer.		 FEMA trailers.
FEMA trailers.		 Humanity Street, home to many FEMA trailers.
Humanity Street, home to many FEMA trailers.
Catholic grotto, damaged by Katrina.
Catholic grotto, damaged by Katrina.		 Coming back, a house in Treme.
"Coming back," a house in Treme.		 Housing project.
Housing project.		 Housing project, graffiti.
Housing project, graffiti.
High water mark on Esplanade Avenue.
High water mark on Esplanade Avenue.		 Zulu social club rules.
Zulu social club rules.		 House in the Lakeview neighborhood, with flood lines visible.
House in the Lakeview neighborhood, with flood lines visible.
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joseantonio27-Apr-2010 04:21
Nice to have seen this gallery.It´s good to know
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