Lower 9 Self-Guided Tour

Courtesy of: NewOrleansOnline.com
Design by: Grace L. Pettit
Questions or Comments?
Contact Darryl Malek-Wiley at:
Darryl.Malek-Wiley@sierraclub.org
NENA
504.373.6483
www.9thwardnena.org
Our School at Blair Grocery
718.415.0890
www.schoolatblairgrocery.blogspot.com
Tour
Self-Guided
Make It Right
1.888.MIR.NOLA
www.makeitrightnola.org
Hurricane Rita.
lowernine.org
504. 278.1240
www.lowernine.org
Lower 9th Ward from flood waters
from Hurricane Katrina and
Lower 9th Ward Village
www.lower9thwardvillage.org
neighborhoods. The damage you
will see was caused by the largest
engineering failure in the history of
the United States, with the collapse
of the levees built to protect the
Guerrilla Garden
www.facebook.com/backyardgardeners
CSED
504.324.9955
www.helpholycross.org
We welcome you to the Lower Ninth
Ward. On this self-guided tour you
will see the efforts of residents
Common Ground Relief
504.312.1729
www.commongroundrelief.org
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rebuilding and restoring their
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House of Dance & Feathers
504.957.2678
www.houseofdanceandfeathers.com
into
Global Green- Holy Cross Project
504.525.2121
www.globalgreen.org
Stepping
Rebuilding
Visions
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Future
Today
New Orleans in people’s minds will, for
The residents of the Lower Ninth Ward started meeting
quite some time, be divided in to the two
weekly in November 2005, after neighborhoods were
worlds of Pre-Katrina and Post-Katrina.
urged by the mayor to develop their own recovery plans.
They had a vision of rebuilding: stronger, smarter and safer.
Their plan called for the sustainable renewal of the Lower
Ninth Ward. From this vision, over 80 new homes were
built with a high level of green building designs, technology,
and energy- saving appliances. There have been over 112
homes retrofitted with radiant barrier and weatherization
The Lower 9th Ward residents are not
products. The community is actively working to restore the
waiting for the ‘Government’ to help them
cypress swamp north of Florida near Bayou Bienvenue, thus
rebuild their neighborhood:they are
restoring part of Louisiana’s coastal wetland system.
renewing their community stronger,
smarter and safer -- one house at a time.
Historically, the Lower Ninth Ward was among the very last
of the New Orleans neighborhoods to be developed.It wasnamed the Lower Ninth Ward not because it was “lower in
elevation,” but because it was lower down the Mississippi
River towards the Gulf of Mexico. Pre-Katrina, the Lower
Ninth Ward was an integral part of New Orleans: people
who worked and were the heartbeat of the city, producing
the culture that people loved. These families owned their
homes and had owned them for generations. On August
29th, 2005, the irresponsibly constructed federal levee
system in New Orleans suffered a catastrophic failure, causing the Lower Ninth Ward (and 80% of New Orleans) to
flood.
Information Courtesy of Greater New Orleans Community Data Center and Sierra Club
Self-Guided Tour ofthe L owe rN i n t hW a r d
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Chartres Street and Charbonnet Street
A vibrant greenspace in place of blighted land where families can
congregate, socialize, grow vegetables and pick from fruit trees. The
project is organized by the Backyard Gardener’s Network.
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The Village serves as a hub where all community members can access
or create essential resources to empower themselves, be self-sufficient,
sustain an equitable quality of life, and become whole after
Katrina and beyond.
House of Dance & Feathers
1317 Tupelo Street
1123 Lamanche Street
NENA was founded by residents of the Lower 9th Ward after
Hurricane Katrina to assist neighbors in the rebuilding process. Our
mission is to play a vital role in our neighborhood’s redevelopment.
Since its inception, NENA has provided direct services to over 2,000
families.
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Walking tour
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Bayou Bienvenue
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Steamboat Houses
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Florida Avenue and Caffin Avenue
The Bayou Beinvenue restoration project is driven by the
desire of residents of the Lower Ninth Ward to restore the
natural coastal cypress forest, helping to reduce storm surge
into the Lower Ninth Ward.
Make It Right
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Tennessee Street
More than 4,000 homes in New Orleans’s Lower 9th Ward
were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. Two years later, when
actor Brad Pitt toured the city, the neighborhood was still
deserted and devastated. He founded Make It Right to build
150 affordable, green, storm- resistant homes for families living
in the Lower Ninth Ward.
Common Ground Relief
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Legend
2124 Lamanche Street
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Lower Ninth Ward Neighbors
Empowering Network (NENA)
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Celebrating the cultural history of the Lower Ninth Ward, the House
of Dance and Feathers features a personal collection of New Orleans
social aid and pleasure clubs and Mardi Gras Indian memorabilia and
artifacts.
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Lower 9th Ward Village
1001 Charbonnet Street
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CLAIBORNE
lowernine.org
Rebuilding homes for the Lower Ninth Ward residents who
lost their properties in Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and the
ensuing levee breaches. We also operate a lamanche urban
farm, where we grow organic produce to feed volunteers,
donate and sell.
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1740 Benton Street
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The Guerrilla Garden
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Our School at Blair Grocery
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Our School at Blair Grocery (OSBG) is an independent
alternative school and sustainability education center based
in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans. Composting more
food waste than anyone in the Orleans Parish, it is a green
oasis right in the heart of the Lower Ninth Ward.
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A national environmental nonprofit, Global Green USA constructed the
Holy Cross Project as a sustainable model for the development and
rebuilding of New Orleans. The project’s LEED Platinum Visitors Center is
open for tours Mondays and Friday, 11 am - 4pm and Saturdays, 10am
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401 Andry Street
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Global Green USA Holy Cross Project
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5130 Chartres Street
Lower 9th Ward Center for Sustainable Engagement and
Development’s focus is to make sustainable, resilient decisions informed
by community engagement that will help uplift our neighborhood.
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Armstrong School
1800 Deslonde Street
Founded on September 5, 2005, Common Ground Relief
volunteers gutted nearly 3,000 houses, businesses and
churches throughout the Ninth Ward in the first two years
following Hurricane Katrina.
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Fats Domino House
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MLK Elementary
Industrial Canal Lock
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Mississippi River Overlook