First wave of Flooded House Museum opening
WHEN: Wed August 22 at 9:30 a.m. WHERE: 4918 Warrington Drive, New Orleans At the 13th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, Levees.org will unveil Phase One of its proposed Flooded House Museum in the Filmore Gardens neighborhood of New Orleans. City Councilman Jared Brossett, District D has confirmed attendance. For a limited time, visitors can view the artistic […]
Army Corps responds to Levees.org’s demand for transparency
As revealed this month, the Army Corps of Engineers gave the East and West Levee Authorities a grade of “minimally acceptable” for their levee maintenance every year since Katrina. The revelation got a lot of press; two stories in the Times-Picayune, two stories by WWL-TV and one in the Advocate. It was Levees.org who obtained […]
Flashback: Levees.org installs its first historic plaque
In collaboration with the Lakeview neighborhood of New Orleans, Levees.org installed its first historic plaque at the Fifth Anniversary of the Worst Civil Engineering Disaster in US history. The location was the 17th Street Canal levee breach site. This breach is considered by experts to be, on its own, the single most damaging breach. On […]
