tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401887842279401768.post7708337816595304558..comments2023-08-09T05:20:53.144-05:00Comments on Regional Modernism :: The New Orleans Archives: Thomy Lafon Elementary School :: comments due by midnight!Francine Stockhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13582108407242537820noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401887842279401768.post-72121898192783010452010-08-11T22:14:37.386-05:002010-08-11T22:14:37.386-05:00Lafon did flood. I've spent a lot of time ther...Lafon did flood. I've spent a lot of time there since Katrina. I was a teacher there; my Monday lesson is still on the board.<br /><br />This school is so worthy of being saved + on the school lot is a cemetery. My bet is that they'll try to destroy that also.<br /><br />Gil WilsonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401887842279401768.post-85422296936322901262009-10-03T14:50:05.495-05:002009-10-03T14:50:05.495-05:00I spoke with a couple of community members at the ...I spoke with a couple of community members at the Lafon public meeting who had fond memories of the school and the whole neighborhood. <br />It saddens me that the RSD prefers to demolish rather than market unwanted properties, especially those which are eligible for historic tax credits. <br />When RSD inherited the administration of failing schools in 05 and they also became responsible for and had authority over properties which they do not own. I believe the buildings and land are still owned by Orleans Parish.Francine Stockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13582108407242537820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1401887842279401768.post-91230198734145839952009-09-30T15:35:21.470-05:002009-09-30T15:35:21.470-05:00It's sad what the current set of comments on L...It's sad what the current set of comments on Lafon are saying: that having an empty building sitting there will hurt the development that is cropping up at the C.J. Peete site. Well, if the site were secured and if there were concrete plans under the RSD Master Plan to do something with the building, it wouldn't be a problem.Leigh C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13654596932726420097noreply@blogger.com