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Items tagged “Hurricanekatrina” (44 total)

Abandoned yellow building with open metal security doors revealing a dark interior, weathered walls, dried plants growing out front, and a utility pole with power lines in the background.

Delta Super Market

A hand holds up a pink "Notice of Condemnation for Public Safety and Welfare" flyer from the City of New Orleans, stapled to a weathered doorframe beside a metal security grate.

Demolition Notice

Mural on a yellow cinder-block wall depicting groceries like cigarettes, beer, Pampers, cereal, and detergent, with hand-painted text reading "NO LOITERING," "24 hrs. daily," "HOT DOGS," "LEG QTRS.," and "RIB EYE STEAK," beneath an official "No Loitering" sign.

Safari Super Detail

Weathered exterior wall reading "Safari Supermarket" in red letters, with electrical boxes, conduit, and dark water stains streaking across the white-painted cinder block surface.

Safari Super Flood Lines

Collapsed roof timbers and debris fill a storm-damaged storefront, with an open glass door at left, scattered wood planks, rusted metal sheets, and a small potted plant amid the wreckage.

Mid City Meat Market

A weathered purple corner storefront with boarded windows and the number "524" above its entrance, flanked by teal and yellow houses, under a cloudy sky.

Corner Store That Ain\'t There No More

A weathered purple wooden house with a white-framed door numbered "524," its window covered by blinds and papers taped inside, set beneath a slanted overhang roof.

Opened Side Door

Weathered purple shotgun house with the address "524" above a double glass-paneled door, showing a dark horizontal flood stain across its siding and brick steps leading to a side entrance.

Harsh Katrina Stain

A weathered two-story corner building with a small second-floor balcony, orange doors, and a hand-painted "Tony's" sign listing cold beer, cigarettes, coffee, and sandwiches; a pile of fresh lumber sits on the sidewalk out front.

Tony\'s Mid City

A two-story white building with a "LUCKY SUPER MARKET" sign stands on a street corner, its ground floor wrapped in Tyvek and covered with Lowe's logo tags, with Dunbar's restaurant visible beside it.

Lucky Super Market & Dunbar\'s

A weathered two-story corner store building with boarded windows and overgrown grass, situated at an intersection with a yellow two-way traffic sign, utility poles, and power lines overhead.

massive Corner Store

A weathered security-barred door reading "SNOW BALLS" above a plywood panel, set in a worn, paint-peeling wooden storefront wall with a partially visible poster to the right.

K & B Food Store door detail

Abandoned two-story wooden building with faded "K&B Food Store" signage, boarded windows, and a "Roof Repairs" banner, overgrown with vines and surrounded by weeds and debris.

K & B Food Store

Weathered plywood wall with layers of peeling posters and gray paint overspray, yellow graffiti reading "BAC," beside a wooden slatted building wall and overgrown grass.

K & B Food Store detail

Abandoned storefront with faded "Pepsi" and "Safe Way Supermarket" signage, boarded windows, graffiti-covered walls, and overgrown weeds breaking through the cracked pavement out front.

Safe Way Supermarket

White door numbered "6458" set within a gray-framed entryway with decorative pediment, flanked by wall-mounted lanterns, with a paper notice taped near the handle and a wrought-iron gate at right.

front door with flood line

A two-story gray house with white trim and an arched doorway, surrounded by overgrown grass and shrubs, with a neighboring house and palm trees visible under a partly cloudy sky.

Lakeview with Flood Line

Raised gray wooden house with a white-columned front porch, built atop a tall concrete foundation showing a visible flood waterline, with a sidewalk and neighboring homes nearby.

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Weathered metal door with two round knobs and a small red "WARNING" sticker, set in a brick wall; rust stains streak across the lower portion of the door.

Flood Line - Zoom Out

Glass double doors with a horizontal flood stain line visible across the panels, set into a brick building facade with plywood boarding up an adjacent window opening.

Double Door Flood Stain

Close-up of a weathered metal surface with a horizontal band of rust, dried marsh grass, and debris marking a flood line, bordered by lighter rust-speckled metal above and below.

Flood Line - Zoom In

Weathered wooden double doors of a synagogue, each panel carved with a Star of David, featuring ornate black metal handles and a discolored, water-stained finish.

no discrimination

A CAT 320C excavator tears into a deteriorated two-story wooden building beside rubble, with a blue truck cab, a gray sedan, and a pickup truck parked nearby under overcast skies.

Tulane Ave Demo

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.

Central City Corner Store

Weathered building entrance with peeling paint, a pink-trimmed archway, wrought-iron gates, concrete steps, and a glass-paneled door marked "412"; a partial "TRESPASSING" warning sign is visible on the wall.

Side Entrance

Weathered wooden window boarded over with planks, set in a green-painted wall with peeling paint; a torn strip of yellow material hangs above the frame.

Loading Dock Window

Weathered wooden siding with a rusted metal patch and shuttered window, showing a faded horizontal flood line; torn cardboard and yellow insulation wrapping litter the ground below.

Heavy Abstract Flood Line

Weathered double wooden doors with peeling paint set into a green wood-sided building, standing on a cracked concrete step with weeds growing along the base.

Dixie Double Doors

Weathered green wooden door set in a matching frame, with a tarnished metal sign reading "Positively No Admittance to Working Department" and visible cracked, peeling paint.

Door to Dixie\'s Loading Dock

Weathered sign reading "Coin Laundrymat" mounted on a cracked, paint-chipped wall, with a visible flood line obscuring the lower text and pipes protruding above the frame.

Coin Laundrymat with Flood Line

An empty, overgrown lot shaded by a large tree in the foreground, with houses, power lines, and other trees visible across the street in the background.

LeBlanc estate

Search and rescue markings spray-painted on a wooden wall: "9.24" above a September calendar, "FL1" at left, a crossed-out circle symbol, all overlaid with an orange X; a black mailbox hangs to the right.

Search & Rescue - Zoom In

Pink bungalow with white columns and railings, numbered "6648" above the door, a large orange search-and-rescue "X" marking painted on the wall, and a black trash bin on the brick walkway.

Search & Rescue - Zoom Out

A small blue and white motorboat sits abandoned in overgrown grass beside a road, with a weathered blue house featuring a striped awning and a utility pole visible in the background.

Land Locked Boat

A weathered "PRIVATE PROPERTY, NO TRESPASSING" sign, streaked with dirt and grime, is mounted on a chain-link fence.

Private Property Flood Line

A wooden utility pole with electric meter and junction boxes attached, displaying a red-and-white "No Parking Any Time" sign and a torn "...Down...6865...Demolition" flyer, set against a clear sky with power lines and poles in the background.

No Parking Any time Flood Line

Church marquee reading "Historic Second Baptist Church" with a reader board displaying "Stormy Weather, Mark 4:35-4" and service times, set atop a brick wall under a cloudy sky.

Stormy Weather

Flooded wetland with partially submerged tree trunks and posts, bordered by distant trees, seen from a bridge with a concrete guardrail under a partly cloudy sky.

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Damaged glass high-rise building with missing panels, school buses and parked cars in a lot, two men walking on grass, and street signs reading "Lake Charles Civic Center," "Port of Lake Charles," and "One Way."

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Rain-streaked windshield view of a highway in heavy rain, with a van's hazard lights ahead, overhead green highway signs, and a timestamp reading "24 11:26AM" in the corner.

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A white lighthouse-style building with a red roof stands amid storm debris, with downed power lines, bare trees, and a damaged structure nearby under a clear sky.

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White house siding covered with multicolored handprints in rows, beneath spray-painted search-and-rescue markings forming an X with codes "9-N," "NF," and "CTS"; shuttered window and trees visible nearby.

Near Lakeshore, New Orleans, LA

A small statue of the Virgin Mary stands in a shrine in front of a house numbered 4924, with a plywood-boarded window and spray-painted marks on the brick wall nearby.

4924 Near Lakeshore, New Orleans, LA

Brick storefront for "Original Man Barber Shop," with a crescent moon and star logo, hours listed, and a "Will is Back" sign above; a glass door displays a phone number and barber shop illustrations.

Will is Back Original Man Barber Shop Near Lakeshore, New Orleans, LA