Many Big Planning Visions For New Big Easy

Planners look to reconceive what took 300 years to evolve.

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October 12, 2005, 7:00 AM PDT

"Within days of hurricane Katrina, urban planners, architects, and engineers flocked to the city to get a first look at the potential. If their efforts seem uncoordinated, their goals are lofty.

Recently, the mayor formed a 17-member Bring New Orleans Back commission. The American Planning Association has tapped five people, at the request of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), to help in short-term planning."

...Planners offer up a variety of "ideas for change that are more physical: replacing the freeway network that looms over the downtown with a boulevard system, for instance, similar to what San Francisco did after the 1989 earthquake. Or developing better public transit."

FULL STORY: Many big visions for new Big Easy

Tuesday, October 11, 2005 in The Christian Science Monitor

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