The Lower Ninth Ward, 2011: An Orientation. History of the community, damage after Hurricane Katrina - as a result of the failure of the levee system, recovery and rebuilding.

1. The Lower Ninth Ward
Who we are, where
we’re going … why it
matters

2. Louisiana Coast Line

3. Orleans Parish

4. CSED Offices
Global Green
Bayou Bienvenue
Platform
Make It Right Houses
Jackson Barracks
Lower Ninth Ward

5. Looking towards Mississippi River
Logger Bayou at the back of
the Neighborhood

6. Path of least resistance

7. Storm surge from the Gulf

8. Before Katrina

9. After Katrina

10. WHAT HAPPENED
Not quite a 100 year protection

11. Water to the rooflines

12. What we came home to

13. Katrina: The L9
• Impact: houses lost map (Graft)
• Text:
– Homes lost
What was lost

14. What was left

15. Built Environment – What was

16. The sound of
the community
Mardi Gras Indians
Drum Circles
Culture of this Community

17. 1933
1942
1946
1952
1959
1960
1976
1998
Aerial photos courtesy of: LSU Cartographic Information Center; New Orleans Public Library, TerraServer; & USGS.
How the destruction started

18. 2009
Bayou Bienvenue today

19. Bayou Bienvenue, circa 1900
Louisiana Division Photograph Collection, New Orleans Public Library
What once was

20. Photo by Darryl Malek-Wiley
What is now

21. Photo by Darryl Malek-Wiley
Open water

22. Moving Forward

23. Ten Principles
Where we started

24. Get serious

25. All hands joined
Grass roots efforts and community driven
advocacy has largest impacts

26. Assess what is neeeded

27. Bring all people to the table

28. Start creating blueprints based on planning sessions

29. Create future plans that are big

30. Involve volunteers

31. Design Strategies
Wetland Nursery

32. Guerrilla Garden
Create beauty and community space

33. President Clinton, Brad Pitt and Community
It doesn’t hurt to bring the big guns!

34. Sustainable Efforts:
Coastal
Just DO IT!

35. Insulation
Air sealing
Radiant barrier
Sustainable Efforts:
Built Environment
GOAL: Be Carbon Neutral by 2020
Make our buildings energy efficient

36. Sustainable Efforts:
New Construction
Start building

37. Bring people HOME!
Sustainable Efforts:
Recover People

38. Build for the next generation
Sustainable Efforts:
Long Term Planning

39. Always have a voice
Sustainable Efforts:
Advocacy

40. A slice of our community

41. Sustainable Efforts:
Value your resources

42. View from our backyard
Sustainable Efforts:
Maintain what you have

43. That which does not
kill us makes us
stronger
Live your vision
Find your Leaders

44. Its not what you gather
but what you scatter
that tells what kind of
life you have lived
Engage all People

45. Why we are here to stay