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Pontchartrain Park sets the bar for NOLA redevelopment

By Chandra R. Thomas

10:00 AM on 08/29/2010

VIDEO - The Pontchartrain Park project is at the core of a massive undertaking to acquire and sell 4,500 formerly occupied lots ...
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Wendell Pierce plays dual roles as actor and activist in New Orleans

By Chandra R. Thomas

8:00 AM on 08/29/2010

VIDEO - Fearful that his beloved community would cease to exist, Wendell Pierce answered the community's call ...
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A walk through the Park: The history of Pontchartrain

By Chandra R. Thomas

12:00 PM on 08/27/2010

VIDEO - Pontchartrain Park, an historic African-American neighborhood in New Orleans, was all but obliterated by Hurricane Katrina's flooding in 2005...
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Pontchartrain Park underwater: Never-before-seen nightmare in New Orleans

By Chandra R. Thomas

4:20 PM on 08/26/2010

VIDEO - Everything changed on August 29, 2005, when Hurricane Katrina overpowered the levees that were supposed to protect Pontchartrain Park...
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Pontchartrain Park: Revisiting the 'Mocha Mayberry' of New Orleans

By Chandra R. Thomas

12:00 PM on 08/25/2010

VIDEO - A reporter comes home to the historic middle class black suburb five years after Katrina...
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