This house is in the HCDRC district, it should come up for review. The lower end of Cleveland is pretty desolate. Many houses stand isolated due to previous de-housification and some houses have been hosts to vagrants and caught on fire. Things aren’t looking good for this house.
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This house is in the HCDRC’s (Housing Conservation District Review Committee) jursidiction and should appear on the agenda in the near future.
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These two shotgun doubles are on the list. They should be appearing on the HCDRC agenda in the near future. Both have new roofs and look structurally sound.
2314-16 Cleveland
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This house is on the City of New Orleans Imminent Danger List.
To be removed from the list Call City Hall 658-4300. Please ask for Mr. Norris Butler.
If you are unable to speak with Mr. Butler. Please call 504-606-6013 for advocacy assistance.
This poor little house has suffered abuse. It has a happy soul but it is currently a neglected home, it is an imminent health hazard. How did it get that way? Poor little house. Our work is rather solemn. Can we have a moment of silence for this house, please?
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City of New Orleans Imminent Threat List
To be removed from the list Call City Hall 658-4300. Please ask for Mr. Norris Butler.
If you are unable to speak with Mr. Butler. Please call
504-606-6013
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Housing Conservation District Review Committee Meeting
July 23, 2007
10a.m. Room 7E07
City Hall
NO NOTICE POSTED ON THE PROPERTY
Marshall Ellzey Jr, owner. Reggie White
Foundation/Southern Coast Environmental, contractor. Demolition of a single
Arts & Crafts shotgun. No redevelopment plan submitted.
Address: 2327 Spain St
Owner: Marshall Ellzey
Tax Bill: 38W201416
Property Description: Sq 1213 Lot 19 Spain 32X105 Fr Sgle 5/Rms A/R
Planning District: Marigny, Bywater, St. Claude, St. Roch, Desire
Flood Zone: A2
Damage Assessment
Estimated Flood Depth: 4.5
Flood Duration (days): 13
Damage Report: 43.48%
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Housing Conservation District Review Committee Meeting
July 23, 2007
10a.m. Room 7E07
City Hall
PUBLIC NOTICE IS POSTED ON THE PROPERTY
Odie Millet, owner. Reggie White
Foundation/Southern Coast Environmental, contractor. Demolition of a double
shotgun. No redevelopment plan submitted.
Address: 3928 Thalia St
Owner: Odile Millet
Tax Bill: 101112514
Property Description: Sq 482 Lot 15 Thalia 32 X 111 10, Double W/F 3/93 Permit B-11346
Planning District: Mid-City
Flood Zone: A8
Damage Assessment
Estimated Flood Depth: 5.5
Flood Duration (days): 10
Damage Report: 48.87%
Report Detail:
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Housing Conservation District Review Committee Meeting
July 23, 2007
10a.m. Room 7E07
City Hall
NO PUBLIC NOTICE POSTED ON THE PROPERTY
Clemontine Emery, owner. Reggie White
Foundation/Southern Coast Environmental, contractor. Demolition of a single
Arts & Crafts structure. No redevelopment plan submitted.
Address: 3208 Gravier St
Owner: Ellis Emery
Tax Bill: 104106918
Property Description: Sq 665 Lot 26 Gravier 31 3X1 20
Planning District: Mid-City
Flood Zone: A4
Damage Assessment
Estimated Flood Depth: 5.5
Flood Duration (days): 14
Damage Report: 50.82%
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Historic District Landmarks Commission Meeting Agenda
June 8th, 2007
City Council Chambers 9:30 a.m.
City Hall
Proposal for demolition. Douglas George, owner. Housing Unit Demolition Task Force, applicant.
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Historic District Landmarks Commission Meeting Agenda
June 8th, 2007
City Council Chambers 9:30 a.m.
City Hall
Proposal for demolition. Teddie & Trina Griffin, owners/applicants.
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On the drive back from NC today, I got a call to attend a hearing tomorrow morning to save this structure from the wrecking ball. Again. There is a spiritual sense regarding my return and fragile properties. I was not surprised.
The last time I left town and came back, the Apricot St. House in NW Carrollton was mistakenly demolished. On the drive home I had this sense to call Karen, “check on Apricot”. Sure ‘nuf, it was gone. It was lost due to an error on the part of Tony Faciane, which I later learned through documents we obtained from an RFPI. Apricot St. was our sacrificial lamb and the lessons we learned in that case gave us the confidence to work harder to avoid marginal mistakes.
This little house on N. Robertson had been on the imminent danger list last year because it’s in a bad way. However, Miss N. and her husband bought it after the storm along with some other properties in the immediate area of N. Robertson and Ursulines. They have already stabilized and redone most of the properties they assumed in this very high risk block and have made an enormous impact with other investors, including Gladys Marigny and Scott Veazey, two well known historic renovators in Treme. The first thing they did was remove the damaged roof from 1114 N. Robertson in order to stop further deterioration. It has become a race against time.
I jumped through all kinds of hoops to get this off the Army Corps’ Red Sticker list last year, getting an engineer’s report and submitting all the necessary insurance paperwork to City Hall to help save it from demolition. That effort was a success.
Before Katrina it was on the market for a mere 30K and I even gave serious thought to buying it myself but I went ahead with the very large Gothic Eastlake on Gov. Nicholls instead. So this house speaks to me.
Miss N. and her husband are going to rebuild it, it’s in the queue of their projects in this area of critical mass in Historic Treme. As many people know, N. Robertson has been the core problem crime street for Treme. Before the storm, some of the properties here were simply not for sale. After the storm, the Bynums took advantage of their respected position in Treme to acquire some essential properties with the collective goal of bringing the area up out of its slum state. Charbonnet funeral home is one property that backs up on this block and has been completely and beautifully renovated. It’s an historically important anchor in Historic Treme, home to many landmark Jazz funerals and is now fueling this larger effort toward an architectural rennaissance on N. Robertson and Ursulines St.
I got a call on the way home today that it’s on the docket for the Good Neighbor adjudication process for 9 am tomorrow, and N. has to attend a meeting for Women of the Storm so I am going to the hearing, to, yet again, rally hard for giving them every opportunity to get this property back into commerce.
Its brick between post construction is what makes it unique, because even though it looks bad, the walls are only supporting themselves and can be saved. It has the original screen structures on the windows as well. It probably dates to the mid-1800’s and brick between post construction is unique to the quarter and Treme, so it’s worth the all-out effort to save whatever we can. Furthermore, it doesn’t post imminent danger to any structure in the immediate vicinity, making triage completely worth the effort.
This special duty is my welcome home after two weeks of respite . . . I will attend the hearing on the owner’s behalf. They have a construction crew working their way to this architecturally valuable but fragile structure. Having been through this process, I am confident I can buy them some time. We know, with storm season upon us, time is now of the utmost.
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Housing Conservation District Review Committee Meeting
Monday, April 23rd, 2007
10a.m. Room 7E07
City Hall
Owner RenalSouth LLC has applied to demolish this bracketed double shotgun to be replaced with a parking lot for existing dialysis clinic (current parking is not adequate to meet zoning requirements, according to application). There was trash along the fence of their current parking lots which were almost empty on the afternoon we took the photos. The need for this parking lot should be justified prior to any approval. The house is in very good shape in general.
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Housing Conservation District Review Committee Meeting
Monday, April 23rd, 2007
10a.m. Room 7E07
City Hall
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Owner Eldora Tedesco has applied to demolish this Edwardian Style double shotgun to be replaced by a vacant lot.
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Housing Conservation District Review Committee Meeting
Monday, April 23rd, 2007
10a.m. Room 7E07
City Hall
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Applicant City of New Orleans Housing Unit Demolition Task Force has applied for the owner to demolish this residence under the city’s voluntary demolition program (no information on the building included with agenda.)
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Housing Conservation District Review Committee Meeting
Monday, April 23rd, 2007
10a.m. Room 7E07
City Hall
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Applicant City of New Orleans Housing Unit Demolition Task Force has applied for the owner to demolish this residence under the city’s voluntary demolition program (no information on the building included with agenda.)
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Housing Conservation District Review Committee Meeting
Monday, April 9th, 2007
10a.m. Room 7E07
City Hall
APPROVED
Owner Geraldine Courtney has applied to demolish thsi Neoclassical Revival double shotgun to be replaced with a single family residence of no specific type or design. No redevelopment plan has been submitted with the demolition application.
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Housing Conservation District Review Committee Meeting
Monday, February 26th
10a.m. Room 7E07
City Hall
Approved
4317-19 Urquhart St. – Owner Helen Forrest has applied to demolish this
Arts-and-Crafts-style double shotgun to be replaced with a single-family
residence of no specific design (no redevelopment plans submitted).
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Housing Conservation District Review Committee Meeting
Monday, February 26th
10a.m. Room 7E07
City Hall
RESULT: June 11, 2007 - Deferred 30 days. This owner was trying to get the city to gut the house.
March 26th, 2007 Meeting: Deferred Again til April 9th
426 S. Salcedo St. – Owner Ronald Fuss has applied to demolish this
Arts-and-Crafts-style single shotgun to be replaced with a vacant lot.
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FEMA Section 106
Public Notice Regarding Historic Review of Privately-Owned Residential Buildings Proposed for Demolition in Orleans Parish, Louisiana - Non-Collapsed Buildings Seeking Comment
Damage Wizard : Only 28.5 % Though this has not been remediated since the storm, it does have some shoring issue but could be fixed for a reasonable amount of money because it’s a single shotgun. This does not meet the FEMA 50 percent minimum criteria for taxpayer funded demolition.
Address: 314 N Gayoso St
Owner: Sandra Victor
Tax Bill: 206204708
Property Description: Sq 395 Lot D N Gayoso 31X142
Planning District: Mid-City
Flood Zone: A4
Damage Assessment
Estimated Flood Depth: 4.5
Flood Duration (days): 11
Damage Report: 28.25%
Report Detail: Items Breakdown Damage
Superstructure (Framing/Masonry) 18.5 0
Foundations/Basements 16.9 0
Interior Finish (Plaster/Drywall) 8.7 20
Plumbing 8.0 10
Exterior Finish 6.2 10
Electrical 5.4 0
Cabinets/Countertops 5.2 100
Floor Covering 4.5 100
Heating-Cooling 4.2 50
Doors/Windows/Shutters 4.1 50
Lumber Finished 4.1 70
Roofing 3.9 40
Painting 3.4 100
Insulation & Weather Stripping 3.2 30
Built-in Appliances 2.5 50
Hardware 1.2 100
Assessors Information:
Owner Name VICTOR SANDRA J
Address 314 N GAYOSO ST
City / State / Zip NEW ORLEANS LA 70119
Parcel
Property Address 314 GAYOSO N ST
Unit
District 2
Assesment Area 06
Subdivision
Square 395
Lot D
Book 62
Folio 049
Line 010
Tax Bill Number 206204708
Instrument Number 000000000
Notorial Archive Number 00000000
Sale Date 18-AUG-78
Sale Price $25,000
2007 Certified Assessment
Appraised Land $11,900
Appraised Building $10,000
Appraised Total
$21,900
Assessed Land $1,190
Assessed Building $1,000
Assessed Total $2,190
Homestead Exemption Amount $2,190
Exempt Code
Special Tax District
Values History
Tax Year 2006
Assessed Land $1,190
Assessed Building $1,000
Assessed Total $2,190
Homestead Exemption Amount $2,190
Property Description
Line No. Description
1 SQ 395 LOT D N GAYOSO
2 31X142
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FEMA Section 106
Public Notice Regarding Historic Review of Privately-Owned Residential Buildings Proposed for Demolition in Orleans Parish, Louisiana - Non-Collapsed Buildings Seeking Comment.
Click to see the rest of the set of photos. And the trash pile in back.
We have been taking photos of houses from the FEMA list in Mid- City this week and the best thing Mid-City could do is to take a pro-active approach to contacting the owners of the homes and finding out what the train of their thought is regarding their house. Often, owners don’t feel like they have the energy to investigate options. Some are waiting for Road Home awards and are giving up. We are alerting FEMA to review demolitions in cases where the FEMA criteria for damage on the city’s damage wizard is less than the required 50%.
Today, Bart Everson actually got a positive response from FEMA regarding his public comment online. This is a watershed breakthrough! We have never had a response to the public comment online until now.
Here is the photo of 3319-20 Iberville St.
Here is what the State Historic Preservation Officer reported to Bart:
“We appreciate your comments regarding suggested alternatives to
demolition of 3319-21 Iberville Street, New Orleans, LA 70119. You will be pleased to learn that FEMA has removed this property from our demolition list, and it is therefore no longer part of our
undertaking. We still encourage you to contact the property owner to either purchase the property or to advocate for the property’s renovation, as the building is considered eligible for the National Register of Historic Places as a contributing resource to an historic district. Your suggestion of the Historic Building Grant
Program as a source of funding can be pursued by the property owner if the program’s application deadline has not yet passed.”
The homes in MidCity will come up for review in the HCDRC (Housing Conservation District Review Committee) meetings which are every two weeks on Monday.
It would also be good to have Mid City representatives take turns at showing up in the cases you want to argue. Options are approval, deferrals, and denials. Denials can be appealed to the city council within 10 days. We post the agendas for the HCDRC meetings as soon as we get them.
These are the principles to be considered when evaluating property for demolition at HCDRC: Please review if you feel there is a property in question. HCDRC Principles
I am very encouraged by this response today, I will be posting some Mid City properties on SH this weekend.
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Housing Conservation District Review Committee Meeting Agenda
January 22nd, 2007
10 a.m. Room 7E07
City Hall
Approved
Chair: Nelson Savoie is in Chicago at the Saints game and Paul Cramer from the City Planning Commission will chair the meeting instead. This is how Nelson rolls.
Owner Mattie Simon has applied to demolish this altered double shotgun to be replaced with a vacant lot. The floors collapsed in this house due to damage to the joists and sills.
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FEMA Section 106
Public Notice Regarding Historic Review of Privately-Owned Residential Buildings Proposed for Demolition in Orleans Parish, Louisiana - Non-Collapsed Buildings Seeking Comment
The house was owned by a landlord before the storm, he sold it. It sold for $35k to a woman who plans to tear it down. The problem with the FEMA process is that if it is in a neighborhood not covered by the Historic District Landmarks Commission or the Housing Conservation Review Committee, then no review of the owner’s plans are on the table in the approval process. We have to check this link to see Damage Assessment Wizard if this meets the FEMA criteria for 50% or more damage. If it seems to be a bad city assessment, we are doing a public request for information to see the inspector’s reports. The search for this property reveals this information:
Address: 407 S Telemachus St
Owner: Albert Katz
Tax Bill: 105302302
Property Description: Sq 728 Pt Lot 36 Or 3 2 Tele Machus 25 7X100 Act Of PartiTion
Planning District: Mid-City
Flood Zone: A4
Damage Assessment
Estimated Flood Depth: 6.5
Flood Duration (days): 11
Damage Report: 72.46%
Report Detail:
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