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  • May 29th, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Memorial Day. A rusted and rotting, once flooded VW Beetle remains in the wreckage close to the 17th Street canal where the levee breached during Hurricane Katrina, destroying the once affluent, predominantly white neighbourhood.
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  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and recovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina. Overgrown front steps are all that remain on an abandoned lot flooded in the storm.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
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  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and recovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina. A boat filled with debris remains on an abandoned lot flooded in the storm.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
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  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and recovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina. An abandoned building flooded in the storm remains unprepared and in disrepair.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
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  • March, 27th, 2006. The road to the end of St Bernard Parish, east of New Orleans. Seven months after the storm, cement coffins, filled with the original wooden coffins that were washed away by Hurricane Katrina and were collected from all over the area, await re-interring at Merrick cemetery, one of the oldest slave cemeteries in the south.
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  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and recovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina. A boat filled with debris remains on an abandoned lot flooded in the storm.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
    20aug15-Katrina revisited013.JPG
  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and the all too familiar signs of the storm remain on a derelict house in the lower 9th Ward. Recovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
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  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and recovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina. The view from a window of an abandoned house flooded by the storm.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
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  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and recovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina. An abandoned building flooded in the storm remains unprepared and in disrepair.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
    20aug15-Katrina revisited032.JPG
  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and recovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina. An abandoned building flooded in the storm remains unprepared and in disrepair.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
    20aug15-Katrina revisited019.JPG
  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and recovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina. Sunlight streams through an abandoned house once flooded by the storm.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
    20aug15-Katrina revisited017.JPG
  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and recovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina. An abandoned building flooded in the storm remains unprepared and in disrepair.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
    20aug15-Katrina revisited010.JPG
  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and trecovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina. A sign hangs in an abandoned house offering rebuilding and financing facilities. <br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
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  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and the all too familiar signs of the storm remain on a derelict house in the lower 9th Ward. Recovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
    20aug15-Katrina revisited003.JPG
  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and recovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina. An abandoned building flooded in the storm remains unprepared and in disrepair.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
    20aug15-Katrina revisited028.JPG
  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and recovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina. An abandoned building flooded in the storm remains unprepared and in disrepair.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
    20aug15-Katrina revisited021.JPG
  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and recovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina. An abandoned building flooded in the storm remains unprepared and in disrepair.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
    20aug15-Katrina revisited020.JPG
  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and recovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina. An abandoned building flooded in the storm remains unprepared and in disrepair.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
    20aug15-Katrina revisited016.JPG
  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and recovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina. An abandoned building flooded in the storm remains unprepared and in disrepair.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
    20aug15-Katrina revisited014.JPG
  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and recovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina. A toilet is the only fixture remaining in an abandoned house flooded by in the storm a decade ago.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
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  • 20 August 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
Hurricane Katrina revisited. <br />
A decade later and recovery remains largely elusive for the area hardest hit by Katrina. An abandoned building flooded in the storm remains unprepared and in disrepair.<br />
Photo credit©; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com.
    20aug15-Katrina revisited025.JPG
  • 21 December 05. New Orleans, Louisiana.  Post Katrina aftermath.<br />
Armand Devezin clears his grandfathers' devastated, mould filled house in the 9th Ward long after the  flood from Hurricane Katrina subsided. The house has only recently been refurbished and has seen water to the ceilings before when Hurricane Betsy hit in the 1960's.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 21 December 05. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina aftermath.<br />
20 yr old Tristan Devezin clears his grandfathers' devastated, mould filled house in the 9th Ward long after the  flood from Hurricane Katrina subsided. The house has only recently been refurbished and has seen water to the ceilings before when Hurricane Betsy hit in the 1960's.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 09 Oct, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Refrigerator line the sidewalks and streets of Uptown neighbourhoods as residents return and throw away the fetid, stinking appliances. Many are taped shut to prevent them from opening. Someone has written, 'Voodoo here today now 5,' on many of the appliances.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 Oct, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Refrigerator line the sidewalks and streets of Uptown neighbourhoods as residents return and throw away the fetid, stinking appliances. Many are taped shut to prevent them from opening. Someone has written, 'Voodoo here today now 5,' on many of the appliances.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 Oct, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Refrigerator line the sidewalks and streets of Uptown neighbourhoods as residents return and throw away the fetid, stinking appliances. Many are taped shut to prevent them from opening. Someone has written, 'Voodoo here today now 5,' on many of the appliances.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 Oct, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Refrigerator line the sidewalks and streets of Uptown neighbourhoods as residents return and throw away the fetid, stinking appliances. Many are taped shut to prevent them from opening. Someone has written, 'Voodoo here today now 5,' on many of the appliances.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 Oct, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Refrigerator line the sidewalks and streets of Uptown neighbourhoods as residents return and throw away the fetid, stinking appliances. Many are taped shut to prevent them from opening. Someone has written, 'Voodoo here today now 5,' on many of the appliances.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 21 December 05. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina aftermath.<br />
20 yr old Tristan Devezin clears his grandfathers' devastated, mould filled house in the 9th Ward long after the  flood from Hurricane Katrina subsided. The house has only recently been refurbished and has seen water to the ceilings before when Hurricane Betsy hit in the 1960's.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 Oct, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Refrigerator line the sidewalks and streets of Uptown neighbourhoods as residents return and throw away the fetid, stinking appliances. Many are taped shut to prevent them from opening. Someone has written, 'Voodoo here today now 5,' on many of the appliances.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06oct05-post Katrina018.JPG
  • 06 Oct, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Refrigerator line the sidewalks and streets of Uptown neighbourhoods as residents return and throw away the fetid, stinking appliances. Many are taped shut to prevent them from opening. Someone has written, 'Voodoo here today now 5,' on many of the appliances.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 Oct, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Refrigerator line the sidewalks and streets of Uptown neighbourhoods as residents return and throw away the fetid, stinking appliances. Many are taped shut to prevent them from opening. Someone has written, 'Voodoo here today now 5,' on many of the appliances.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 Oct, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Refrigerator line the sidewalks and streets of Uptown neighbourhoods as residents return and throw away the fetid, stinking appliances. Many are taped shut to prevent them from opening. Someone has written, 'Voodoo here today now 5,' on many of the appliances.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06oct05-post Katrina008.JPG
  • 06 Oct, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Refrigerator line the sidewalks and streets of Uptown neighbourhoods as residents return and throw away the fetid, stinking appliances. Many are taped shut to prevent them from opening. Someone has written, 'Voodoo here today now 5,' on many of the appliances.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06oct05-post Katrina006.JPG
  • 21st, December 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Armand Devezin clears his grandfathers' devastated, mould filled house in the 9th Ward long after the  flood from Hurrican Katrina subsided. The house has only recently been refurbished and has seen water to the ceilings before when Hurricane Betsy hit in the 1960's.
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  • 9th Oct, 2005. Hurricane Katrina aftermath, New Orleans, Louisiana. Refridgerators line the sidewalks and streets of the Uptown neighbourhoods as residents return and throw away the fetid, stinking appliances. Many are taped shut to prevent them from opening. Someone has written, 'Voodoo here today now 5,' on many of the appliances.
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  • 21December 05. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina aftermath.<br />
The mould grows quickly and infests a house in the 9th Ward long after the  flood from Hurricane Katrina subsided. The house has only recently been refurbished and has seen water to the ceilings before when Hurricane Betsy hit in the 1960's.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 21December 05. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina aftermath.<br />
Four month old washing up remains in the sink of a  mould filled house in the 9th Ward long after the  flood from Hurricane Katrina subsided. The house has only recently been refurbished and has seen water to the ceilings before when Hurricane Betsy hit in the 1960's.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 21December 05. New Orleans, Louisiana.  Post Katrina aftermath.<br />
A bed remains where it floated to in a mould filled house in the 9th Ward long after the  flood from Hurricane Katrina subsided. The house has only recently been refurbished and has seen water to the ceilings before when Hurricane Betsy hit in the 1960's.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 21December 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina aftermath.<br />
Armand Devezin clears his grandfathers' devastated, mould filled house in the 9th Ward long after the  flood from Hurricane Katrina subsided. The house has only recently been refurbished and has seen water to the ceilings before when Hurricane Betsy hit in the 1960's.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    22Dec05-New Orleans028.JPG
  • 09 Oct, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Refrigerator line the sidewalks and streets of Uptown neighbourhoods as residents return and throw away the fetid, stinking appliances. Many are taped shut to prevent them from opening. Someone has written, 'Voodoo here today now 5,' on many of the appliances.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 Oct, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Refrigerator line the sidewalks and streets of Uptown neighbourhoods as residents return and throw away the fetid, stinking appliances. Many are taped shut to prevent them from opening. Someone has written, 'Voodoo here today now 5,' on many of the appliances.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 06 Oct, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Refrigerator line the sidewalks and streets of Uptown neighbourhoods as residents return and throw away the fetid, stinking appliances. Many are taped shut to prevent them from opening. Someone has written, 'Voodoo here today now 5,' on many of the appliances.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06oct05-post Katrina005.JPG
  • 06 Oct, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Refrigerator line the sidewalks and streets of Uptown neighbourhoods as residents return and throw away the fetid, stinking appliances. Many are taped shut to prevent them from opening. Someone has written, 'Voodoo here today now 5,' on many of the appliances.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06oct05-post Katrina003.JPG
  • 06 Oct, 2005.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Hurricane Katrina aftermath.<br />
Refrigerator line the sidewalks and streets of Uptown neighbourhoods as residents return and throw away the fetid, stinking appliances. Many are taped shut to prevent them from opening. Someone has written, 'Voodoo here today now 5,' on many of the appliances.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    06oct05-post Katrina001.JPG
  • 03 December 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
A pile of rotted wood sits in front of a Brad Pitt 'Make it Right' home on Tennessee Street. Contractors are busy replacing the rotten stairs and front deck of  the recently built home.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 03 December 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
A pile of rotted wood sits in front of a Brad Pitt 'Make it Right' home on Tennessee Street. Contractors are busy replacing the rotten stairs and front deck of  the recently built home.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 03 December 2013. Lower 9th Ward, New Orleans, Louisiana. <br />
A pile of rotted wood sits in front of a Brad Pitt 'Make it Right' home on Tennessee Street. Contractors are busy replacing the rotten stairs and front deck of  the recently built home.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley
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  • 23 June, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Dead Dog. Lower 9th ward. The remains of a dead dog rot into the polluted earth of the Lower 9th ward. Many dog continue to run wild in the derelict neighbourhood.
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  • 08 Sept 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.  Hurricane Katrina aftermath. <br />
An old lady rots in her wheelchair, dumped behind a dentist office in East New Orleans. Her body has been there for 10 days.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 08 Sept 2005. New Orleans, Louisiana.  Hurricane Katrina aftermath. <br />
An old lady rots in her wheelchair, dumped behind a dentist office in East New Orleans. Her body has been there for 10 days.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 16 Jan, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina aftermath.<br />
Sick puppy. A dead dog lies rotting in the grass in the 9th ward.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 16 Jan, 2006. New Orleans, Louisiana. Post Katrina aftermath.<br />
Sick puppy. A dead dog lies rotting in the grass in the 9th ward.<br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 3rd November, 2005. <br />
Bones are all that remain of a stinking, rotting animal carcass deposited by the roadside in Saint Bernard parish just south of New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina caused a 20ft tidal surge to sweep over the land, devastating much of the parish.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 01 October, 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Lower 9th ward. Hurricane Katrina aftermath. <br />
The remnants of the lives of ordinary folks, now covered in mud as the flood waters recede. Grapefruits rot in the mud.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 01 October, 05.  New Orleans, Louisiana. Lower 9th ward. Hurricane Katrina aftermath. <br />
The remnants of the lives of ordinary folks, now covered in mud as the flood waters recede. Small fish die as the last remaining water drains from the area leaving them gasping for air in receding puddles. Flies swarm around the rotting fish.<br />
Photo; ©Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 28 August 2006 - New Orleans - Louisiana. Lakeview. Close to the 17th street canal levee breach. A friend of mine's home, that still, one year after hurricane Katrina remains filled with mould, debris and some of the rotting remains of my friend and his wife's possessions.
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  • 03 July 2006 - New Orleans - Louisiana. Flooding. Upper 9th ward. Rubble, trash and debris block drains on N. Dorgenois street where a rotting fridge floats in flood waters created by some of the heaviest downpours since hurricane Rita. The City remains unprepared to handle heavy flooding.
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  • 8th Sept, 2005. Hurricane Katrina aftermath. New Orleans. An old lady rots in her wheelchair, dumped behind a dentist office in East New Orleans. Her body has been there for 10 days.
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  • 1st Oct, 2005. Hurricane Katrina aftermath, New Orleans, Louisiana. Lower 9th ward. The remnants of the lives of ordinary folks, now covered in mud as the flood waters recede. Small fish die as the last remianing water drains from the area leaving them gasping for air in receding puddles. Flies swarm around the rotting fish.
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  • 1st Oct, 2005. Hurricane Katrina aftermath, New Orleans, Louisiana. Lower 9th ward. The remnants of the lives of ordinary folks, now covered in mud as the flood waters recede. Small fish die as the last remianing water drains from the area leaving them gasping for air in receding puddles. Flies swarm around the rotting fish.
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  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
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  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School060.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School018.JPG
  • 8th Sept, 2005. Hurricane Katrina aftermath. New Orleans. Corpses are finally retrieved from Methodist hospital  in East New Orleans and are loaded into the back of an unrefrigerated truck by private contractors with little to no protection. 8 corpses were already in the truck and another 5 were added. The contractor wears a T-shirt as a face mask. The stench was almost unbearable.
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  • 15 September 2012. Braithwaite, Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana,  USA. .Lenny Bazile stands in his decimated, now gutted home home on Bazile Drive. The road was named after Mr Bazile's father. He was born and raised in the area and has now rebuilt following 4 hurricanes. Piles of household debris is stacked curb side as residents return to their homes which were inundated with flood waters from hurricane Isaac. Many residents who had rebuilt following Hurricane Katrina must now start again following Isaac. Some have already moved away for good, never to return..Photo; Charlie Varley.
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  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
A sign in the front yard in the Pigeon Town neighborhood surrounding the derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School131.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The Pigeon Town neighborhood surrounding the derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School130.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The Pigeon Town neighborhood surrounding the derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School129.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The Pigeon Town neighborhood surrounding the derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School128.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School127.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School124.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School123.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School121.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School120.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School119.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School118.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School117.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School116.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School115.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School112.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School113.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School110.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School108.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The Pigeon Town neighborhood surrounding the derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School105.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The Pigeon Town neighborhood surrounding the derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School106.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The Pigeon Town neighborhood surrounding the derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School104.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School103.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The Pigeon Town neighborhood surrounding the derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School102.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School101.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School097.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School093.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School092.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School091.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School089.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School088.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School087.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School086.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School084.JPG
  • 19 May 2015. New Orleans, Louisiana.<br />
The derelict Alfred C Priestley Junior High School.<br />
The old school in Pigeon Town has fallen into serious disrepair since 1980 when the last students and teachers left the building. The school was then used as office space and later as a warehouse until 1993. Hurricane Katrina only accelerated the decline. French charter school Lycée Francais recently purchased the crumbling wreck for $425,000 and have grand plans to return a middle and high school to the neighborhood. <br />
Photo; Charlie Varley/varleypix.com
    19may15-Priestley School083.JPG
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