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Collecting and Preserving the Stories of Katrina and Rita

The Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media (CHNM) at George Mason University and the University of New Orleans organized the Hurricane Digital Memory Bank (HDMB) in 2005 in partnership with many national and Gulf Coast area organizations and individuals. HDMB was awarded the Award of Merit for Leadership in History, and is the largest free public archive of Katrina and Rita with over 25,000 items in the collection. Read More.

The \"round\" hotel on the Westbank Expressway near Terry Parkway and Whitney Avenue…

Rounded high-rise hotel building with a "HOTEL $49" sign atop, showing storm damage including broken windows and exposed interior structure on one of the upper floors.

The "round" hotel on the Westbank Expressway near Terry Parkway and Whitney Avenue (Sept. 7, 2005)

Original title

Item 30488

Citation

“The \"round\" hotel on the Westbank Expressway near Terry Parkway and Whitney Avenue…,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/30488.