On Palmyra

By the smell in the air, it appeared that precautions were being taken to address a potential gas leak. 

Two small structures at 2212 and 2214 were in the process of demolition earlier (below), and it appeared that the problem arose from that site (on the right between the police car and the firetruck in the photo above).  The house with the columns in the foreground above is still inhabited, to my knowledge.

Here's the house at 2214 Palmyra before:

Here's 2212 Palmyra, seemingly a small, vernacular, former commercial space or shop, as it appeared recently, almost three years after the City Council imposed a moratorium on repairing properties in the Footprint:

Gas Leak in VA Hospital Footprint

The odor of gas hung in the air at the corner of Palmyra and S. Miro in the VA Footprint just minutes ago.  Crews from Jacobs reacted swiftly, and a fire engine was on the scene shortly thereafter, accompanied by a number of Entergy trucks.

Several households are still occupied in the immediate vicinity of the leak (and some are in the process of moving out, as evident above).  The source of the leak appears to be the white house at 2305-07 Palmyra at the right of the photo.