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August 10, 2006
Common Ground House Gutting Block Party
This Saturday starting at 9:00am, Common Ground is having a house gutting block party in the Lower 9. They want to see how many houses they can gut in a single day.
If you're gutting, you should wear sturdy shoes (construction boots if you got 'em) and light clothing that you're not afraid to get dirty. They provide tools and gear.
Since it's a party as well as a work day, they ask that every participant bring some food or drink...meat for grilling, chips, that sort of thing. And bring along friends and family.
The location is the 5400 block of Urquhart (between Andry and Flood).
See you there.
Posted by ray at August 10, 2006 10:37 AM | Permalink
Categories: [katrina | new orleans ]
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Question from a (insert approrpriate New Orleans term for a Michigander); the link you have to Google maps -- if I switch to the Satellite view and zoom in, approximately how old would you guesstimate those images to be?
Posted by: ryan at August 10, 2006 11:18 AM
They're definitely post-flood, probably from the spring. If you look about 1000 meters to the NNW of that address, you can see the levee breach and still see the barge which floated into the neighborhood. I think the barge was dismantled in May sometime if I remember right.
Posted by: Ray at August 10, 2006 11:28 AM
Yeah! Thanks for promoting Common Ground.
Posted by: MiGrant at August 10, 2006 4:43 PM
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