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The City Council voted Thursday (March 24) to uphold the Historic District Landmarks Commission’s approval of a developer’s request to raze a house on Henry Clay Avenue in the Uptown historic district. The demolition had been challenged by preservation advocate Susan Johnson. The HDLC staff backed the demolition request in its report to the commission […]

Speaking with reporters Tuesday, the West Virginian said “the climate thing is one that we probably could come to an agreement much easier than anything else.”

New Orleans to remove dozens of abandoned pay phones New Orleans is removing dozens of abandoned pay phone kiosks across the city that have become obsolete with the widespread use of cell phones, the city announced. In a news release, the city said that a contractor, Hard Rock Construction, LLC, would be removing a total of 77 pay phone kiosks. After the kiosks are removed they will be put up at public auction. The first batch of 10 kiosks would be removed from the Central City neighborhood. �...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — New Orleans is removing dozens of abandoned pay phone kiosks across...

A broken pay phone on a New Orleans street in April 2013. Central City resident Michael Burnside has been walking New Orleans neighborhoods counting abandoned pay phone kiosks. He developed a list of 77 addresses that he turned over to City Hall. And this week the city began removing those kiosks, in batches of 10, starting in Central City. Anyone harboring nostalgia for 20th century communications devices can purchase the retired apparatus at public auctions. The first 10 removed from the Cent...

Updated: 12:58 PM CST March 2, 2021 NEW ORLEANS — Crews began, on Tuesday, dismantling some of New Orleans most recent historical landmarks of the 20th Century — payphone kiosks. The citys Department of Public Works will remove the 77 payphones — 10 at a time — to be sold at public auction, thanks to a New Orleans resident who made a list. When it came to figuring out which payphones to remove, New Orleans City Councilwoman Helena Moreno said one of her constituents did ...