Ninth Ward - Part 3

This is in the Lower Ninth Ward - that part of the Ninth Ward that was badly flooded when the Industrial Canal broke. The homes here are in much worse condition than those in the Upper Ninth Ward.

Here is a home that is obviously in very bad shape. The "No Bulldozing!" sign seems incongruous - of course a house in this condition will have to be torn down. However, the real meaning is a little more subtle than that. Many residents of this area are afraid that the government will indiscriminately condemn their property, tear down their houses and turn the land over to developers, who will turn New Orleans into a theme park - no longer New Orleans, but New Orleansland. I don't know whether that's a real possibility, but with that fear in mind the signs make a little more sense.





Notice the power line lying on the ground.





This home belongs to someone who must have put a lot of work into it. My guess is before the flood the yard must have been very attractive.



St. Claude is one of the main streets going through the Ninth Ward. Notice the stoplight dangling several feet below where it is supposed to be. This is about eight months after Katrina, on a road that gets a lot of traffic even after the storm.





These signs were on the median strip in the middle of St. Claude Ave. Disasters create demand for all kinds of odd things.