Comments on: abandoned places

abandoned places

serazin — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:24:31 -0800

Jim documented his recent trip to Louisiana, including a number of photos of places abandoned after Katrina. Some worth checking: Amoco, post office, middle school, boats, homes. and some rebirth. Via, Live Journal's abandoned places community.

By: jourman2

jourman2 — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:28:34 -0800

That last picture (rebirth) looks like a movie set, what with the old car and facade-eque house.

By: jourman2

jourman2 — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:31:36 -0800

facade-esque - doh!

By: serazin

serazin — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:34:07 -0800

According to the photographer, the last house is a souped-up FEMA trailer.

By: jourman2

jourman2 — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:40:01 -0800

I wonder when this sign went up.

By: salishsea

salishsea — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:52:51 -0800

Excellent use of irony.

By: bukharin

bukharin — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:56:21 -0800

God, still?

By: gordie

gordie — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 22:39:21 -0800

Yeah, still.

By: From Bklyn

From Bklyn — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 00:17:40 -0800

Thanks, I would not have seen these otherwise.

By: rhymer

rhymer — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:30:55 -0800

I do like the colonial-grecian revival / whatever it is trailer.

By: chuckdarwin

chuckdarwin — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 01:52:46 -0800

It's a pretty sad set of photos...

By: ColdChef

ColdChef — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:28:34 -0800

These places aren't abandoned. They're most likely waiting for promised Federal funds. Two years later. Two years. Well, it's not like the President promised, or anything.

By: DU

DU — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 05:53:04 -0800

They haven't even fixed up (or torn down) the Post Office?? God. DAMN. When do the impeachment hearings start again?

By: tommasz

tommasz — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 06:19:38 -0800

DU, you can't impeach a king. Sorry.

By: Ian A.T.

Ian A.T. — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:32:48 -0800

I hope I don't sound too defensive here, but I'd like to point out that aside from the touristy shots at the beginning, a lot of these weren't taken anywhere near the city of New Orleans. I know the post didn't say anything about New Orleans, but just glancing at the pictures one might think that New Orleanians are routinely driving past washed-up fishing boats and abandoned post offices. But, in fact, Venice--home of the aforementioned PO--is at least 75 miles southeast of here. Even the pictures that actually are inside the city limits are very far away from the center of the city...the Now Leasing picture jourman2 linked to is in New Orleans East, right near where I grew up but about fifteen miles away from what most people consider New Orleans proper. It's, uh, like Staten Island as opposed to Manhattan, I guess. Let me be clear: I'm not saying that everything is right back to normal in New Orleans, or that it's not a goddamn crying shame what happened (and is still happening) in Venice, New Orleans East, or anywhere else in the Gulf Coast. All I want to do is clarify that, since most of you don't know a lot about the specific geography of the area, that this isn't what most of New Orleans looks like these days.

By: hmaroon

hmaroon — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 13:58:58 -0800

That FEMA trailer is nuts.

By: Pollomacho

Pollomacho — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:02:43 -0800

Am I the only one that wished the last link was a picture of Rebirth?