Salvaging History After Katrina

Hurricane Katrina devastated historic districts, properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and numerous other historicall important buildings.

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September 13, 2005, 12:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"...many curators, archivists and preservation advocates [are] beginning to tally the losses in the areas hardest hit by the hurricane, even as emergency workers turn to the more essential tasks of gathering the dead and providing supplies. For preservationists in Mississippi no less is at stake than the region's architectural patrimony...Katrina plowed through 15 historic districts and over 120 individual properties that are listed on the lesser National Register of Historic Places, as well as scores of other historically important buildings that were not nationally recognized."

FULL STORY: In Mississippi, History Is Now a Salvage Job

Thursday, September 15, 2005 in The New York Times

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