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Toward a 21st century New Orleans

Toward a 21st century New Orleans
Saturday, November 12, 2005
John McIlwain

Community leaders from many parts of the city and many economic backgrounds are talking about mixed-use neighborhoods with housing affordable to people with a wide range of incomes -- walkable neighborhoods with buildings that reflect the best vernacular styles of New Orleans. These include the famous shotguns, camelbacks and Creole cottages, but they also include the multifamily styles of the French Quarter.
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How, then, is it possible to provide housing now for everyone to return who wants to? This can only be done by building far more densely than in the past.
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In short, the 21st century city will be built to higher densities, with lively, walkable, sustainable mixed income neighborhoods.
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John McIlwain is the Urban Land Institute/J. Ronald Terwilliger Chair for Housing for the Urban Land Institute and a member of the ULI advisory panel visiting New Orleans from Nov. 12-18. The panel is making recommendations to the Bring New Orleans Back Commission for a rebuilding strategy. His e-mail is jmcilwain@uli.org.

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