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...Kroloff is pushing for a plan to accelerate sales of derelict and abandoned properties - an effort Nagin started before Katrina, selling off older homes in the city's center to nonprofits. Now those derelict properties, many in Central City, are fueling the city's horrific murder rate as gangs use the abandoned housing. Kroloff's idea is to sell them for $1 if necessary, then cut people's taxes by 50% if they stay 10 years...
...according to Tulane School of Architecture dean Reed Kroloff. He notes that Washington, D.C., quickly turned around its inner core by offering tax incentives and other inducements for people to return. Inner New Orleans is ripe for a similar rebirth: It has the highest number of blighted and derelict houses-over 30,000-that could bring homeowners and developers back to neighborhoods like Treme, a rundown version of Uptown. "New Orleans has many historical neighborhoods with fantastic houses on high ground. We could make it richer architecturally on less land without displacing anybody involuntarily," says Kroloff. Downside? "People...
...sense propaganda is part of every war effort, and the Pentagon would be derelict if it did not try to influence public opinion in Iraq. Understanding clerics’ viewpoints and seeking their advice is an integral part of that campaign. But instead of paying them to evaluate American propaganda, we should be encouraging and assisting these clerics in making their own case to the Iraqi people...
...Gavin Bryars Jesus' Blood Never Failed Me Yet (Point Music). Take one old derelict singing a strophe of a religious anthem in a raspy voice. Add one avant-garde composer (Bryars) accompanying an hour-long loop of the man's song with a kaleidoscopic underpinning of strings, winds and horns. Mix in Tom Waits for a closing 10-minute duet of almost mystic poignancy. The new-music album of the year...
...cost, high-quality Ladybird books, which made reading widely accessible. A recent addition is an original illustration by Faith Jaques from the first edition of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. The center's new $11.3 million home is located in Newcastle's once-derelict Ouseburn Valley, a warehouse neighborhood of artists' studios and galleries. Built in a seven-story Victorian mill, the rejuvenated building's top floor features a gigantic, child-friendly loft, intended for performances, storytelling and book signings. The Engine Room, a light, airy room on the ground floor, offers space for everything from finger...