Herbert Gehr, photographer. Seven members of the Omaha City Planning Commission holding a meeting in front of an aerial map of the city showing the Missouri River as they plot the position of 17 major projects to improve their city. LIFE July 1947 on Google [http://images.google.com/hosted/life/l?q=maps+source:life&imgurl=00c7914bae61e84d]The Times-Picayune reported on Saturday that New Orleans is a shrinking city, one that needs to develop "smart decline" strategies for its future. To read more, click here. Master plans certainly abound in post-Katrina New Orleans: Citywide Master Plan, Orleans Parish School Board Master Plan, Archdiocese Master Plan, Public Libraries Master Plan. To find the data for the planning, here are the main links:
New Orleans Master Plan [http://www.nolamasterplan.org/]
Orleans Parish School Board Master Plan [http://www.sfmpop.org/]
New Orleans Public Libraries Master Plan [http://nutrias.org/~nopl/foundation/noplmasterplansummary.pdf]
The next citywide meeting for the New Orleans Master Plan/Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO) has been announced for 13 December 2008, to be conducted at the Behrman Gym, 2529 General Meyer Avenue. This will be the fourth in a series of such meetings, and is intended to focus on the theme "How We Prosper."
Keep checking the New Orleans Master Plan website for future updates.
Keep checking the New Orleans Master Plan website for future updates.
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