Posted on 09/22/2019 9:57:44 AM PDT by bgill
One person has died and another injured after they were shot in New Orleans on Saturday night in the Desire area, pushing the total of gunshot victims this weekend in the city to 13.
According to New Orleans police, this latest shooting happened in the 3400 block of Louisa Street, when an individual in a black Cadillac drove by and began shooting.
A 17-year-old was killed and five others were wounded in a shooting Friday night on City Park Avenue.
Four people were shot in the St. Claude neighborhood late Saturday morning, according to police. A number of shots were fired into a car that stopped near McShane Place and St. Bernard Avenue.
(Excerpt) Read more at nola.com ...
You said it. It was actually even less desirable before the giant Desire Public Housing Project was torn down. Built in the 50’s it had its own elementary school. gymnasium and a ‘shopping arcade’ which soon was gutted. It was one of the few US public housing developments built as a European style ‘comprehensive residential development’.
Ray Nagin may have been both ineffectual and a crook but the city owes him a debt of gratitude for pushing the demolition of the public housing complexes forward.
Great link - thanks.
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