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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.

Central City Corner Store

Weathered wooden building entrance with a worn blue-gray wooden door and a faded red screen door, set within a cream-colored wood-sided facade above a cracked concrete step.

with Flood Line about 5 feet

1 Day shy on the 2nd anniversary of Hurricane Katrina

New Orleans, Louisiana

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Citation

“Central City Corner Store,” Hurricane Digital Memory Bank, accessed November 3, 2026, https://hurricanearchive.org/items/show/33235.