This demolition is indicative of a larger issue in New Orleans: many developers want to come into historic neighborhoods and demolish buildings in the name of building new lucrative developments, thereby displacing permanent residents and historic buildings. Gentrification and the changing of historic neighborhoods like this has dozens of parallels in American cities. However, the solution to eroding historic neighborhoods in New Orleans is multifaceted. It actually aims to increase the density of a historic New Orleans neighborhood, and design for a New Orleans that will have to grapple with climate change in the near future. Like New Orleans, Mexico City is sinking at a rate of 20 inches per year.

Source: New York Times October 20, 2023 12:03 UTC