New Orleans, LA

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• The structural design look good and sturdy....I like the use of limited space... but consider transferring your bed and repurposing the use of that platform on the stairwell for either clothing, books and tv... it's not good Feng Shui to sleep on top of the stairwell....you'll wake up tired and nervous.

  tish 02/13/2010

• I like how the popped the roof so one can get a better view of the power lines from the master window. This is also a great idea as space is really at a premium in NO, with houses selling for literally thousands of dollars.

  asolipsist 02/23/2010

• it is insanity to issue building permits for locals below sea level

  grievousg 03/16/2010

• My favorite part of this house is the bed over the stairs! I would kill to put my bed there. I would wake up feeling awesome about myself every morning.

  Jacob 03/19/2010

• "Within two weeks after Katrina struck, the baseball field was transformed into a FEMA trailer neighborhood housing many displaced Tulane workers." Katrina didn't "strike" New Orleans. In fact, it struck the Mississippi Gulf Coast and New Orleans was fetched a glancing blow. By time it actually hit New Orleans, Katrina was a fairly weak storm (I believe a Category 1 or weak 2), not the Category 5 monster that it was while at sea. What happened to New Orleans was that Federally built levees and flood walls which were theoretically certified for at least a Category 3 simply collapsed because of the malfeasance of the United States Army Corps of Engineers. At least two major engineering studies, one sponsored by the National Science Foundation, have borne this out. Recently the Corps was on the short end of a judge's verdict over the construction of the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (known to locals as MRGO or "Mr. GO"). This disaster was not natural. It was the outcome of more than 40 years of incompetence or worse by the Army Corps. Even the Corps has grudgingly admitted this to be the case.

  Steve 03/30/2010

• I THINK THE SNORKLE DESIGN WILL BE HANDY DURING THE NEXT LIMP LEVY....BUT HOW DOES YOUR DOG GET IN AND OUT OF THAT LOFTY BED ?

  mike vanderbilt 03/30/2010

• i'm not so sure about feng shui but i would not put the beds on such an elevated level, both the one above the stairs and the other one he needed to use a chair to climb insanely high into it. falling of that wouldn't be pretty.

  lee 04/26/2010

• Steve is 100% absolutely right, and I should know...New Orleans is my hometown and is an amazing city that must be preserved and appreciated.

  James 05/21/2010

• This is horrible. Structurally sound or not, to see people come in and destroy what made/makes NOLA what it is, or hear them say rebuilding "should happen below sea level" tears my very soul to shreds. Shotgun house are great, and so are the tacky colors people paint them... let's stick with that and make functional internal improvements, not "modern" aesthetic ones.

  Erin 06/15/2010

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