Photos from French Quarter, New Orleans
I went to the APA Conference in New Orleans in April. I thought you all might enjoy some gratuitous photos of the French Quarter! Note the nice spelling mistake of “pedestrian” in the last photo.
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Participatory Comprehensive Plan for New Orleans
Daniella
March 30, 2009
Land Use
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Tags: Andres Duany, comprehensive zoning ordinance, Duany, heritage, infrastructure, localism, master plan, New Orleans, public participation, Transportation
On March 20th, the New Orleans City Planning Commission (CPC) released a working draft for its new citywide Master Plan and Comprehensive Zoning Ordinance (CZO) to the public. The CPC anticipates that the final plan will be posted to the website for public access in June. The city hopes that the plan will be a “roadmap” for the next two decades, emphasizing sustainability, community infrastructure, transportation, arts development, future land use, and citizen participation in planning decisions. The development of a new CZO is especially interesting, because the last one was created almost 40 years ago. The city anticipates that the new CZO will be clearly written and organized. It will also contain illustrations to help users understand the regulations. The overall goal of the CZO will be to give clear direction … Continue Reading
