Agenda• Quiz• New Orleans

Discussion/Orientation

• Tremé Demographics

• Lafitte Projects Discussion

Define 5 of 6 in 1-2 sentences• 2. New Urbanism• 3. Colorblind racism• 6. Deindustrialization• 7. Cultural Appropriation• 8. Growth Machine• 11. HOPE VI

Announcements• For Friday:

– Submit your research proposal (assignment sheet online)

• For Tuesday:– Read Richard Campanella:

“Gentrification and its Discontents: Notes from New Orleans”

– Also read the comments: Especially the long one by “12Ward” (skip the one by Timothy Lachin).

• Extra Credit:– Maya Lin: Thursday, November 20,

2014 at 7:30 p.m. in the EMU Ballroom.

Minute Around• Two Questions:– What do you want to know about the cities we’re

studying in the next few weeks? • That is: New Orleans, Portland, San Francisco?

– When you think of New Orleans, what comes to mind? Or, what was one thing that stuck out to you from the reading for today?

What Makes A Neighborhood?

• “Tremé is not a monolithic community. It is neither entirely black nor all poor. There are white folks and some who consider themselves Creole. Since Katrina, Hispanics have become more visible. Even within the racial and ethnic groups present, people have different incomes, politics, and religious beliefs . . . As a result, any discussion of “a Tremé community” or “black Tremé” is problematic, and this book employs the concept of community with that understanding” (Crutcher 6-7)

The Tremé Neighborhood

From Coming Home to New Orleans, Karl Seidman (2013)

Changing Demographics of Renting/Owning

Resettlement Post-Katrina

Gentrification in New Orleans

• What draws tourists and new residents to New Orleans?

• What do current residents like about the city?

• What were residents of Tremé doing to fight back against gentrfication? (epilogue)

• “To the preservationist and gentrifier, individual historic structures and neighborhoods of such structures are valuable assets on the urban landscape . . .

• . . . Longer-term residents and community activists, by contrast see themselves and their culture as the precious resource, believing that preservation must include efforts to improve residents’ quality of life, create economic opportunities, and protect and foster local cultural traditions” (126).

Lafitte Housing Project (1941 – 2008)

The public housing debate

• “Instead of serving as a way station for the working class, as originally intended, public housing became an intergenerational refuge for the chronically poor. As more and more whites left public housing, much of which had been segregated, the program became increasingly stimatized . . . For their part, federal and local governments allowed the housing to deteriorate to unlivable conditions . . .” (Crutcher 120)

• “. . . There are, nevertheless, compelling stories of public housing developments as successful neighborhoods and communities. For every drug deal, murder, or unwed mother that makes news, there are countless untold stories of productive citizens . . . Creating social networks that allow people to survive without the resources that middle-class Americans take for granted. Lafitte was no different” (Crutcher 120)

Post-Katrina• “The decision to add

Lafitte to the list of public housing developments scheduled for demolition fit nicely in the prevailing post-Katrina redevelopment philosophy, which viewed the disaster as a chance for New Orleans to wipe the slate clean and fix its ills” (Crutchter 121)

Lafitte Housing Project Demolition (2008)

• Lafitte Today: The face of HOPE VI/New Urbanist design

Lafitte Vision Plan

Lafitte Vision Plan

Public Housing Discussion

• Why is public housing important to discussions of gentrification?

• What are the pros and cons of the old model of public housing? The pros and cons of the new (HOPE VI) model?

• What would an ideal affordable housing plan look like to you?

Reminders• For Friday: – Submit your research proposal

(assignment sheet online)

• For Tuesday:– Read Richard Campanella:

“Gentrification and its Discontents: Notes from New Orleans” (on the blog)

– Also read the comments: Especially the long one by “12Ward” (skip the one by Timothy Lachin).