Squandered Heritage

FEMA 106 LIST Aug. 10th, 2007

This house is slated for demolition. It will come up for review through the HCDRC in upcoming weeks.

FEMA 106 LIST. Aug. 10th, 2007

What is the excuse behind this house’s slow degeneration? I’d like to know. I hope the owners show up at the HCDRC meeting so we can hear the horror story behind its years of neglect.

FEMA 106 List Aug. 10th, 2007

This house is in the HCDRC’s (Housing Conservation District Review Committee) jursidiction and should appear on the agenda in the near future.

FEMA 106 List Aug. 10th, 2007

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

Housing Conservation District Review Committee Meeting
Monday, April 23rd, 2007
10a.m. Room 7E07
City Hall

RESULT: Denied

More Photos

Applicant Southern Solutions has applied for owner Robert Ellis to demolish a Creole Cottage and two Arts and Crafts style shotguns on this historic boulevard. To be replaced by vacant lots.

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

Additional Photos

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.

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.

Public 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.

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 more photos.

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:

Housing Conservation District Review Committee
Meeting Agenda
December 4, 2006

RESULTS=DENIED

128 S. Prieur St. Owner Lisa Clark has applied to demolish this two
story
wood frame single family residence to be replaced with a vacant lot.

I saw Beth, Ray and Carl while I was taking photos of this house. They told me that the owner bought and demolished many homes in the area. He also collected architectural elements. They also told me that the Neighborhood Organization has offered to help gut, clean and secure the house.

It seems that Mr. Herdman, the owner passed away recently.

To see more photos of this house click on the photo

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 on the image to see more photos.

2818-20 Dumaine Street
National Register Esplanade Ridge Historic District

Creole double. According to Orleans Parish Assessor records, this property is owned by B Ferguson Properties, LLC, which owns 15 properties in Orleans Parish, the majority of them on this stretch of Dumaine. Ferguson has requested FEMA demolition of two properties, this one and also 2752-54 Dumaine Street.

Address: 2818 Dumaine St
Owner: Ties Llc B Ferguson Proper
Tax Bill: 207201110
Property Description: Sq 373 Lots A And N 2 Dumaine 32 Over 24X209 2818-20 Dumaine St
Planning District: Mid-City
Flood Zone: A3
Damage Assessment
Estimated Flood Depth: 2.5
Flood Duration (days): 11
Damage Report: 36.91%

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 on the image to see more photos.

2752-54 Dumaine Street
National Register Esplanade Ridge Historic District

Creole double. According to Orleans Parish Assessor records, this property is owned by B Ferguson Properties, LLC, which owns 15 properties in Orleans Parish, the majority of them on this stretch of Dumaine. Ferguson has requested FEMA demolition of two properties, this one and also 2818-20 Dumaine Street.

Address: 2752 Dumaine St
Owner: Ties Llc B Ferguson Proper
Tax Bill: 207200206
Property Description: Sq 356 Lot B Dumaine 32X70 2752-54 Dumaine St
Planning District: Mid-City
Flood Zone: A3
Damage Assessment
Estimated Flood Depth: 3.5
Flood Duration (days): 0
Damage Report: 94.95%

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

Address: 214 S White St
Owner: Albert Jordana
Tax Bill: 105202814
Property Description: Sq 606 Lot D Pt Lot 14 South White 37 7X31
Planning District: Mid-City
Flood Zone: A4
Damage Assessment
Estimated Flood Depth: 5.5
Flood Duration (days): 11
Damage Report: 54.08%

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

Address: 3017 Bienville St
Owner: Terry Wilson
Tax Bill: 206204915
Property Description: Sq 400 Lot 17 Bienville 31X102 3017-19 Bienville St
Planning District: Mid-City
Flood Zone: A4
Damage Assessment
Estimated Flood Depth: 4.5
Flood Duration (days): 11
Damage Report: 60.73%

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

Address: 3129 Palmyra St
Owner: Unavailable
Tax Bill: Unavailable
Property Description: Unavailable
Planning District: Mid-City
Flood Zone: A4
Damage Assessment
Estimated Flood Depth: 6.5
Flood Duration (days): 14
Damage Report: Unavailable

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

Address: 3319 Iberville St
Owner: Leopold Peyret
Tax Bill: 206206116
Property Description: Sq 451 Lot 17 Iberville 30X102
Planning District: Mid-City
Flood Zone: A4
Damage Assessment
Estimated Flood Depth: 3.5
Flood Duration (days): 0
Damage Report: 37.14%

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

Side view

another side view

Damage report

Address: 4603 Banks St
Owner: Christian Rodick
Tax Bill: 105308907
Property Description: Sq 821 Pt 10 Lot 13 Banks & Olympia 50X102 Wmr/Frz Ok
Planning District: Mid-City
Flood Zone: A4
Damage Assessment
Estimated Flood Depth: 5.5
Flood Duration (days): 11
Damage Report: 18.9%

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

Address: 732 S Genois St
Owner: Paul Medus
Tax Bill: 105300707
Property Description: Sq 702 Lot 1 Genois 30 1X140 9 Lot 2 Genois 30 5X140 9 (Asst’m Incls 732-34 & 736- 738 So Genois)
Planning District: Mid-City
Flood Zone: A4
Damage Assessment
Estimated Flood Depth: 3.5
Flood Duration (days): 0
Damage Report: Unavailable

Approved

Housing Conservation District Review Committee
Meeting Agenda
October 23, 2006
10 a.m., Room 7E07 City Hall

651-53 S. Pierce St. Owner Louis Marziale has applied to demolish this Arts and Crafts shotgun double residence to be replaced with a vacant lot.

Mark Folse from The Wet Bank Guide sent me a photo of a house on the FEMA list.

It seemed from the photo that the house was in pretty good shape. I have been back three times because I could not believe that this house was in need of demolition.

I looked around and although no one was there, it seems as if someone is doing some work on the house.

I looked around to see if any neighbors were there who may be able to tell me about the house, but it was pretty quiet.

I hope the listing was a mistake or possibly has been taken off the list.

Let’s hope

Address: 340 S Clark St
Owner: Angeline Larrieu
Tax Bill: 105300320
Property Description: Sq 686 Lot 23 So Clark And Banks 30 4X120 ** M/A Chng Phone
Planning District: Mid-City
Flood Zone: A4
Damage Assessment
Estimated Flood Depth: 5.5
Flood Duration (days): 11
Damage Report: 69.4%
Report Detail:
Items Sort Descending% Breakdown % Damage
Superstructure (Framing/Masonry) 18.5 50
Foundations/Basements 16.9 0
Interior Finish (Plaster/Drywall) 8.7 100
Plumbing 8.0 100
Exterior Finish 6.2 100
Electrical 5.4 100
Cabinets/Countertops 5.2 100
Floor Covering 4.5 100
Heating-Cooling 4.2 100
Doors/Windows/Shutters 4.1 100
Lumber Finished 4.1 100
Roofing 3.9 50
Painting 3.4 100
Insulation & Weather Stripping 3.2 100
Built-in Appliances 2.5 0
Hardware 1.2 100

Regarding these buildings proposed for demolition that FEMA, in consultation with SHPO, has found eligible for the National Register, FEMA is requesting the aid of the public in identifying alternatives to demolition. Any member of the public who has specific practical information on feasible alternatives to demolition for any of these buildings is encouraged to respond. Alternative proposals should include a source of funding for stabilization and/or repairs and the timeframe required to accomplish these actions.

FEMA is looking for public comment

As it says on their website you can make comment.

It would be a shame to lose this corner store.

Perhaps some Non Profit could rehabilitate this building

Address: 3036 Banks St
Owner: Anthony Ferrara
Tax Bill: 105204525
Property Description: Sq 635 Lot 14 Banks And Salcedo 29 8X98 4 And Lot 15 Banks 32X98 4
Planning District: Mid-City
Flood Zone: A4
Damage Assessment
Estimated Flood Depth: 6.5
Flood Duration (days): 14
Damage Report: Unavailable

Behind the Court House, across from the Falstaff Brewery

I am including a couple of updates on Mid City Demolitions.

I have been driving around town looking at Properties that are being reviewed for demolition. This was the first time I saw a notice posted.

There was a great article in the Sunday edition of the San Antonio newspaper. A few weeks ago Roy Bragg was here and we met up at the rally in the Quarter.

He also spoke with Bart Everson of Mid City. Bart and his wife Christy have been hard at work on their house and their Neighborhood.

Their Mid City Neighborhood is balanced between recovery and despair. It is important to recognize that the work of preservation in the Neighborhood is not just fixing a house, but advocating for the well being and stability of your Neighborhood. Bart and Christy have been doing that as well.