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Historic Preservation
9:30 am
Sat June 30, 2012

Nonprofit requests demolition for house that city spent $35,000 to save and move

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Credit Karen Gadbois / The Lens
The nonprofit that owns this house in Tremé requested permission to tear it down, but has since said it's making efforts to renovate it.
Credit Karen Gadbois / The Lens
The house, as it stood on Cleveland Street two years ago.
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By Karen Gadbois | The Lens

In a blow to housing preservation efforts, the nonprofit owners of a home that was moved from the new Veteran’s Affairs Hospital site to Tremé recently asked for permission to demolish the historic house.

The city spent $35,000 to move the house and donated it to Providence Community Housing.

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Demolitions
5:57 am
Mon September 29, 2008

N.O. City Council Discusses Demolition Moratorium

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The New Orleans City Council will be discussing a possible moratorium on demolishing properties considered by officials to be in danger of collapse.

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