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| Home .... New Orleans 5 Years; August 29 marks the anniversary of Katrina |
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Second line in Treme, Aug 2007 |
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A boy gazes at the levee in the Lower Ninth Ward at the one year commemoration of the storm , Aug 2006 |
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Lower Ninth Ward, March 2006 |
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Lower Ninth Ward, June 2006 |
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Hyatt Hotel across from the Superdome June 2006 |
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A woman shows the slab where here house stood, Lower Ninth Ward, Aug 2006 |
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Lower Ninth Ward, March 2006 |
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Refrigerators, furniture, blue tarps, Bywater, June 2006 |
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FEMA trailers arriving by freight train, Bywater, March 2006 |
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The St. Bernard Housing Project, was torn down in 2008. Former residents and supporters organized a fierce campaign to stop the demolition of 4 projects that had housed 5000 families and had no storm or flood damage. City, State and Federal officials took the opportunity of the city's disaster to close down New Orleans public housing. December 2007 |
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Public Housing protesters took their message to the home of Mayor Ray Nagin, Dec 2007 |
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Residents and supporters built Survivors Village on the neutral ground outside St. Bernard Development. A St. Bernard resident leads the group in prayer. June 2006 |
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Building Survivors Village, June 2006 |
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Tracie Washington and Bill Quigley, lawyers for the people fighting the demolition of New Orleans Public Housing enter City Hall before a hearing. Dec 2007 |
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Homeless tent village in City Hall park, Dec 2007. |
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Common Ground volunteers learn how to wear masks at their orientation, March 2006 |
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Musicians Village by Habitat for Humanity, June 2006 |
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Proud Lower Ninth Ward residents with newly built houses, Dec 2008 |
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The Fire Next Time, 3030 St. Claude Ave. March 2006 |
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3030 St. Claude Ave. June, 2007 |
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Common Ground greenhouse in Gentilly, March 2006 |
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Brad Pitt's Make it Right Foundation had an installation in the Lower Ninth Ward to raise money for state of the art green houses for owners who had lost their homes in the flood. Dec, 2007 |
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First Anniversary, N. Rampart St., Aug 29, 2006. |
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A woman prays where the broken levee had just been repaired, Lower Ninth Ward on the first anniversary, Aug 2006 |
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Friends greet each other during the first anniversary commemoration, Lower Ninth Ward, Aug 2006 |
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Hands Around the Superdome, first anniversary, Aug 2006 |
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Candlelight vigil in Jackson Square, second anniversary, Aug 2007 |
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It is the culture of New Orleans that is celebrated and gave the city the spirit to survive. Mardi Gras Indian, second line, Treme, Aug 2007 |
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Rebirth Brass Band at Jazzfest, April 2007 |
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Kermit Ruffins, a well known New Orleans musician enjoys a second line. Aug 2007 |
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Times Picayune columnist Chris Rose in the Krewe de View Mardi Gras, French Quarter, Feb 2007 |
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At Vaughn's, Bywater, June 2007 |
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Second line to honor Chief Tootie Montana, who died before the storm, Treme, Aug 2007 |
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Second Line, Treme, Aug 2007 |
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Waiting for the Second Line, Treme, Aug 2007 |
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Ozomatli at Jazzfest, April, 2008 |
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Live music at the Louisiana Music Factory, French Quarter, Dec 2007 |
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Latino workers in New Orleans to help rebuild enjoy a St. Patricks Day Parade, Marigny March 2006 |
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Vietnamese children with a puppy, New Orleans East, March 2006 |
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A woman on her porch watches the St. Patricks Day parade, Marigny, March 2006 |
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Who Dat. Mardi Gras parade in the French Quarter on Superbowl weekend, Feb. 2010 |
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Treme Brass Band, second line, Treme, Aug 2007 |
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Armstrong Park and Congo Square, Jan 1, 2009 |
all photos: ©Diane Greene Lent, 2010