Rehab Underway

Crews continued rehabilitation work today on two historic homes now located on Bienville Street.

Work Resumes on Moved Houses on Bienville

As of yesterday afternoon, work appeared to have resumed on the moved VA Footprint houses that now reside in the "Bienville Cluster" around Bienville and S. Derbigny near Two Sisters Restaurant.  It's my understanding that the lots are owned by Providence Community Housing, an arm of Catholic Charities in New Orleans.

Today, crews from LA's Best were at work again on a number of the houses, which were among the earliest moved off the VA site.  A worker told me the buildings are being cleaned out inside and the roofs, already partially restored on the buildings months ago, are being shingled and completed.

Here's a closer look at the subcontractor signage that appeared on all of the houses in the cluster (zoom in for more details):

The clustered buildings sit on what once was a school site.  The old base of a former flagpole still marks the spot:

Roofs Return

Down along Bienville, roofs continue to reappear on the cluster of moved VA Footprint houses.

From what I hear, a volunteer group from Capital One Bank even helped with the effort at this site in the past week.

Roofs Return

Crews began putting a new roof on this moved home that now sits at the corner of S. Derbigny on Bienville.

Across the way, another home that used to stand in the VA Footprint had an entire roof on, including an apron over the porch - except for shingles.

Another replacement roof was in progress just a block up the street.

Working Backwards - A Day of House Moves

As of today, a total of 14 houses have moved out of the VA Footprint to other locations in the city, the bulk of them on lower Bienville near N. Claiborne.  (Captions, with luck, coming soon)