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Lakeview After Hurricane Katrina

This gallery is being created for historical value.
The New Orleans area known as Lakeview is the tax backbone of the City. At 9:45 a.m. on August 29, 2005, a break in the canal levee at the 17th Street canal brought billions of gallons of water from Lake Pontchartrain into Lakeview. Breaks in the Orleans Avenue Canal walls and the London Avenue Canal walls eventually brought floodwater all the way down world-famous Canal Street.
The U. S. Army Corps of Engineers who is responsible for the integrity of the levees is currently conducting surveys to determine what caused the break.
Thousands of people have been left with no place to live and businesses are almost non-existent.
As I drove through the neighborhood today I kept thinking over and over "I wonder where all the people who once lived here are now living." Many people drowned in their homes in this area.

MAY 29, 2006-Memorial Day. Very few residents have returned to their homes in Lakeview, particularly the area between Lake Pontchartrain and Metairie Road. Block after block is empty; the streets are uneven and full of holes and many houses have not even been cleaned out of flooded belongings. Homeowners held a service on the bridge over the 17th Street Canal at Old Hammond Highway this morning and tossed 1,577 flowers into the water, one flower for each person who died in Katrina.
Robert E. Lee theatre-two days after Katrina
Robert E. Lee theatre-two days after Katrina		 Canal Blvd. at I-610 August 31
Canal Blvd. at I-610 August 31		 Canal Boulevard at I-610- August 2005
Canal Boulevard at I-610- August 2005		 Near Levee Break
Near Levee Break
House All Gone
House All Gone		 Across the street from levee break
Across the street from levee break		 Almost 2 miles from levee break
Almost 2 miles from levee break		 Cars Still in Street 106 days after Katrina
Cars Still in Street 106 days after Katrina
January 16 ,2006
January 16 ,2006		 Five Months After Katrina
Five Months After Katrina		 Five Months Later-Still a Twilight Zone
Five Months Later-Still a Twilight Zone		 Bicycles of the Flood February 2, 2006
Bicycles of the Flood February 2, 2006
Break at 17th Street Canal --taken February 2, 2006
Break at 17th Street Canal --taken February 2, 2006		 No People, No Electricity--February 2, 2006
No People, No Electricity--February 2, 2006		 Notice Water Line--February 2, 2006
Notice Water Line--February 2, 2006		 No Progress-February 2, 2006
No Progress-February 2, 2006
Someone's Once Home Sweet Home--February 2, 2006
Someone's Once Home Sweet Home--February 2, 2006		 A Swing Awaits Its People To Come Back Home-February 2
A Swing Awaits Its People To Come Back Home-February 2		 A Sign of Life--February 2, 2006
A Sign of Life--February 2, 2006		 Even the Tires on the Car Were Looted--February 2, 2006
Even the Tires on the Car Were Looted--February 2, 2006
St.Dominic's-Looks Nice on the Outside-February 2, 2006
St.Dominic's-Looks Nice on the Outside-February 2, 2006		 A Treasured Victim of Katrina-February 2, 2006
A Treasured Victim of Katrina-February 2, 2006		 Lean on Me--March 16, 2006
Lean on Me--March 16, 2006		 17th Street Canal break
17th Street Canal break
Fleur de Lis Drive in Lakeview, New Orleans
Fleur de Lis Drive in Lakeview, New Orleans		 Fleur de Lis Drive--Someone's Once Happy Home
Fleur de Lis Drive--Someone's Once Happy Home		 Still Waiting--May 22, 2006
Still Waiting--May 22, 2006		 Flowers in Memory of Katrina Victims
Flowers in Memory of Katrina Victims
House Building According to FEMA
House Building According to FEMA		 Christmas 2006
Christmas 2006

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Laura Ann 16-Feb-2007 05:06
I moved to New Orleans in 1999 with apprehensiveness of how I would "fit" in. I lived in the Warehouse District and the shortly thereafter, moved uptown. Each and every day I discovered things about the city that grew on me. I knew that I one day wanted to live near the water, The Lakefront. Finally, October 2004 I got my wish. This wonderful little home on Stafford and Bellaire Street, 2 houses over from the levee welcomed my daughter and I. We loved our wonderful evenings of picnics by the water, watching sailboats almost any time of year, and a fullfillment of serenity. Yet in the distance, you could still feel the aura of a wonderful city nearby. - I found myself falling in love each and every day with the wonderful flavorful city and all that it had to offer. - I truly "left my heart in New Orleans", and will never loose the feeling of "when will I feel like I'm home again?" I may have lost all of my material possesions, but I will never loose the memories of all the great times that I had in the Crescent City. Now I know how Tennesee Williams felt! Thank you for the pictures.
Buz Kiefer22-Mar-2006 11:57
Excellent photojournalism Coleen and as I pointed out elsewhere your images and words give us better coverage than several books produced by new agencies. I lived in Lakeview before moving to East Tennessee and recognize some of these homes. A co-worker's aunt died in her Lakeview attic trying to escape the rising water. She was too old and frail to break through the roof and was drowned. I agree with you, New York or San Francisco would not be so neglected. Vote.
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