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New Orleans: still standing { 53 images } Created 15 Jan 2017

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  • St. Mary's Academy student Catelyn Williams,16, (CQ) leads the way as she carries the U.S. flag during a practice run through neighborhood streets to help get the students accustomed to marching in public, in New Orleans, LA, Thursday February 16, 2006. Students from three Archdiocese of New Orleans Catholic Schools high school bands have combined to create the Max Marching Band, this is a combination of students from St. Augustine, St. Mary's Academy, and Xavier University Prep. They will be marching in this year's Mardi Gras parade.
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  • Walter Sandifer "Spy Boy" (left) with Creole Wild West, and his son Walter Sandifer III, 13, (right) enter the parade as the Mardi Gras Indians parade along Orleans Avenue in celebrate with their Super Sunday parade starting in the Bayou St. John neighborhood of New Orleans, La., Sunday, May 31, 2009. Next to Mardi Gras itself, the most important day for the Mardi Gras Indians is St. Joseph's Day which is March 19th.
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  • Crowds watch as a Second Line leads the way as the Mardi Gras Indians parade along Orleans Avenue in celebrate with their Super Sunday parade starting in the Bayou St. John neighborhood of New Orleans, La., Sunday, May 31, 2009. Next to Mardi Gras itself, the most important day for the Mardi Gras Indians is St. Joseph's Day which is March 19th.
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  • A tractor and a car remain in the yard of a home which was obliterated in a neighborhood along the waterfront in Waveland, MS, Wednesday September 21, 2005, just over three weeks after hurricane Katrina slammed into this region.
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  • Jeff Reynolds talks with a man as his son Channing,14, runs through the middle of the frame at the tent they share with his two parents in the parking lot of a blown out Big Kmart in Waveland, MS, late Thursday night September 29, 2005, over four weeks after hurricane Katrina obliterated entire towns in the region.
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  • Ronald McDonald statues stand in front of the restaurant along the waterfront in Gulfport, MS, Wednesday September 28, 2005, just over four weeks after it was destroyed by hurricane Katrina.
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  • Bay St. Louis residents Natalie Smith and her fiancee Jason Chiniche get married at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church in Bay St. Louis, MS, Saturday afternoon October 15, 2005. The church was nearly destroyed by hurricane Katrina just over six weeks ago. This is the first wedding at the church since the hurricane.
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  • Bay St. Louis residents Natalie Smith and her fiancee Jason Chiniche get married at Our Lady of the Gulf Catholic Church in Bay St. Louis, MS, Saturday afternoon October 15, 2005. The church was nearly destroyed by hurricane Katrina just over six weeks ago. This is the first wedding at the church since the hurricane.
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  • Houses which were redeposited into the middle of the street remain where they rested, nearly six months after hurricane Katrina laid waste to the Gulf Coast, life remains vacant in the ninth ward of New Orleans, LA, Sunday February 19, 2006. Today the only signs of life are the birds, cats, dogs, and tourists walking around the streets taking snapshots of a community lost forever.
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  • This intersection, like most of the area has no electricity, stop lights hang dark and blow in the wind, nearly six months after hurricane Katrina laid waste to the Gulf Coast, life remains vacant in the ninth ward of New Orleans, LA, Sunday February 19, 2006.
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  • In the infamous Lower Ninth Ward more than a year after flood waters from Hurricane Katrina laid waste to this land, in New Orleans, La., Thursday September 14, 2006.
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  • during a press conference regarding H-232, the Affordable Health Care Act, on the west steps of the Capitol in Washington, D.C.,  Thursday, October 29, 2009. (Rod Lamkey Jr/The Washington Times)
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  • The bandaged hand of trumpet player Justin Smith,16, holds onto his instrument during practice at Xavier University Prep school in New Orleans, LA, Thursday February 16, 2006. Students from three Archdiocese of New Orleans Catholic Schools high school bands have combined to create the Max Marching Band. This is a combination of students from St. Augustine, St. Mary's Academy, and Xavier University Prep. They will be marching in this year's Mardi Gras parade.
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  • People prepare for the parade, as residents hold their own Mardi Gras parade in Bay St. Louis, MS, Friday February 24, 2006, nearly six months after this town and many others were nearly obliterated by hurricane Katrina.
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  • A float rolls past the remains of a home as residents hold their own Mardi Gras parade in Bay St. Louis, MS, Friday February 24, 2006, nearly six months after this town and many others were nearly obliterated by hurricane Katrina.
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  • A young men watch a woman dance in the window of a strip club during the partying on Bourbon Street following the parades on Fat Tuesday in New Orleans, LA, February 28, 2006.
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  • A young boy joins others waiting for traditional bead strands to be thrown into the crowd during the partying on Bourbon Street following the parades on Fat Tuesday in New Orleans, LA, February 28, 2006.
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  • Liz LeBleu dances with friend Robert Owen at the club Spotted Cat in the French Quarter in New Orleans, LA, late Thursday night April 20, 2006. The French Quarter is home to a famous culture of music which is unique to anywhere in the world, and thrives during such events such as the French Quarter Festival which is one in a year-long series of events which includes the famous Mardi Gras, to bring tourism and business to New Orleans. The French Quarter Festival begins Friday April 21, 2006.
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  • Big beautiful ferns hang above Bourbon Street in the French Quarter in New Orleans, LA, Sunday morning June 25, 2006.
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  • Bill Schultz, 64, the unofficial "Mayor of Vincennes Place" poses for a portrait as he practices the cello at his home which had about 43 inches of flood water inside his house in New Orleans, LA, Sunday eveening, June 25, 2006. Bill is the former principal cellist for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, and continues to play with the orchestra during the season.
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  • A car remains crushed under a house on Tennessee Street, in the infamous Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, LA,  Saturday afternoon April 8, 2006. Many people are finding or rediscovering their faith to help them cope with the daily tragedies of life here, just over seven months after Hurricane Katrina obliterated entire communities in the region.
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  • Nearly five years to the day, the Press Park housing projects remain in a state of decay, as they were nearly five years ago, in New Orleans , LA, Saturday, August 28, 2010.
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  • Cecile Tebo talks about her life and job at the New Orleans Police Department, outside the FEMA trailer parked next to her home on Vincennes Place in New Orleans, LA, Thursday April 20, 2006. She uses the trailer in addition to her home that she shares with her husband and three sons.
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  • Frazier Tompkins stands outside his mother's home which survived Huricane Betsy in 1965. Just over three-and-a-half years after Hurricane Katrina laid waste to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region, some families and individuals are slowly returning to part of the Lower Ninth Ward in New Orleans, La., Wednesday, March 4, 2009. Some traffic signals and streetlights are working and some homes have running water, but high grass and weeds still partially hide the slabs of concrete which were once a home, and isolated door steps leading to nowhere remain signs of a recovery slow to take shape.
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  • A woman walks down an empty street in the Desire neighborhood of New Orleans, La., March 5, 2009.
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  • Hardball Host Chris Matthews passes by on the set as the two New Orleans mayoral candidates, incumbent Mayor C. Ray Nagin and Louisiana Lt. Governor Mitch Landrieu prepare to take part in a nationally televised debate at WDSU Channel 6 in New Orleans, LA, Tuesday evening May 16, 2006, just four days before the runoff election on May 20, which will decide who becomes mayor of New Orleans, a city which at one point was  80% under water from the breakdown of the levee system following the arrival of Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005.
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  • Nearly three-and-a-half years since Hurricane Katrina laid waste to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast region, Claude Minter, 50, and his mother Hazel, 87, talk their experiences with Katrina, in front of their home New Orleans, La., March 6, 2009, and the process of moving back home. Residents who once called this city their home are slowly returning.
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  • Patrice Gibson, from the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans carries sacks of belongings as hundreds of people who evacuated Hurricane Gustav arrive back at the Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans, La., September 5, 2008. Approximately 900 people arrived on an Amtrak train from Memphis, Tenn., carrying their belongings in garbage bags, boxes and suitcases, they made their way from the terminal outside, to waiting busses to bring them home. New Orleans dodged the bullet as the levee system held back the waters of Lake Pontchartrain. Hurricane Katrina laid waste to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast just over three years before.
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  • Just over three years since Hurricane Katrina, a woman waits with other evacuees to go home, at the Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans, La., September 5, 2008, following Hurricane Gustav. Approximately 900 people arrived on the Amtrak train from Memphis, Tenn., carrying their belongings in garbage bags, boxes and suitcases. New Orleans dodged the bullet as the levee system held back the waters of Lake Pontchartrain.
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  • Tired, hungry and downtrodden, hundreds of visibly worn down men, women and children, young and elderly who evacuated Hurricane Gustav, arrive back at the Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans, La., September 5, 2008. Approximately 900 people arrived on an Amtrak train from Memphis, Tenn. Carrying their belongings in garbage bags, boxes and suitcases, they made their way to waiting busses to bring them home. New Orleans dodged the bullet as the levee system held back the waters of Lake Pontchartrain. Hurricane Katrina laid waste to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast just over three years before.
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  • Children with backpacks, pillows and stuffed animals are dwarfed by the adults as they find their way, joining the hundreds of other people who evacuated Hurricane Gustav arrive back at the Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans, La., September 5, 2008. Approximately 900 people arrived on an Amtrak train from Memphis, Tenn., carrying their belongings in garbage bags, boxes and suitcases. New Orleans dodged the bullet as the levee system held back the waters of Lake Pontchartrain. Hurricane Katrina laid waste to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast just over three years before.
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  • Marie Barcelona gets a kiss from her fiancee Dennis Pleasant while waiting for a ride at the Union Passenger Terminal in New Orleans, La., September 5, 2008. They evacuated Hurricane Gustav with their 12 dogs and two ferrets. They are from the Algiers neighborhood of New Orleans. New Orleans dodged the bullet as the levee system held back the waters of Lake Pontchartrain. Hurricane Katrina laid waste to New Orleans and the Gulf Coast just over three years before.
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  • T. Torregano dances with his one year-old son T. Torregano, Jr, dances in the heat of the late afternoon as the two jazz bands To Be Continued Brass Band and The Truth combine to play at the intersection of Canal and Bourbon in New Orleans, LA, Sunday morning June 25, 2006, inspiring people to dance in the street and stop and share in the moment of spontaneous, informal music, which is one of the things which makes the Crescent City so special.  <br />
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FOR SPECIAL REPORT: DISPATCHES FROM THE GULF
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  • Orry Cedotal stands with his cap over his heart during the singing of the National Anthem, as the New Orleans Zephyrs host the Round Rock Express at Zephyr Field in Metarie, LA, Thursday evening April 6, 2006.
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  • A scene from the Lower Ninth Ward after the sun went down, the darkness fell, and a melancholy silence covered the land, in New Orleans, LA, Sunday morning April 23, 2006.
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  • More than three years after Hurricane Katrina, a FEMA trailer is still home to Robert Green, next to where his home used to be before Hurricane Katrina, in the Lower Ninth Ward, in New Orleans, La., March 5, 2009. Mr. Green lost both his mother and daughter on the morning of August 29, 2005 during the deadly hurricane and subsequent flooding of New Orleans.
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  • Louis Schott,11, gets a hug from his mother Beth and cupcakes after the team sung Happy Birthday to him following their game, as parents and their kids take part in America's past time, at the Carrollton Booters Little League fields in New Orleans, LA, Friday evening June 23, 2006. This field, like the homes around it in the neighborhood was under several feet of water when the levees broke following Hurricane Katrina nearly ten months ago.
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  • A memorial to those in Bt. Bernard Parish who lost their lives in Hurricane Katrina stands just off shore in the water in St. Bernard Parish, LA, Monday, August 30, 2010.
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  • Uncle Lionel Batiste dances and leads The Cork Poppers band and the Krewe of Cork as they make their way along Royal Street in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana, February 17, 2006, in the days leading up to Mardi Gras, one day shy of the six month anniversary of hurricane Katrina which laid waste to this region.
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