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I took this photo two blocks from the Ninth Ward Levey that broke and sent a 22 foot wall…

Black-and-white photo of an ornate wrought-iron gate standing open amid an overgrown, empty lot, with scattered debris and distant buildings under a pale sky.

I took this photo two blocks from the Ninth Ward Levey that broke and sent a 22 foot wall of water into the surrounding neighborhood.

Empty Gate

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Item 26562

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“I took this photo two blocks from the Ninth Ward Levey that broke and sent a 22 foot wall…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/26562.