Inside the Footprint

Exactly two years ago, I made my first post here at Inside the Footprint after my initial steps into the Footprint itself.  Nearly one thous...

t No other figure has done more than Sandra Stokes to galvanize the effort to re-use Charity Hospital and avoid the de...

I wouldn't classify Alex Glustrom as one of the Stalwarts.  His role in the Footprint and the Charity Hospital cont...

*Photo courtesy of Ms. Sandra Stokes For years, Jacques Morial has been a key figure pointing out the financial and h...

Many individuals, due to their positions within various institutions, due to various threats or coercion, were unable to adv...

Annihilate, verb \ə-ˈnī-ə-ˌlāt\ "to cause to cease to exist" A helicopter flig...

Ms. Janet has been a tireless, self-sacrificing part of the effort to engage the community on the Charity Hospital issu...

  Brad Ott has been involved in the healthcare arena in Louisiana for years.  He has long known of the "centrality and ...

Brad V: Briefly, back when you first decided to get involved in this particular fight (Charity Hospital/LSU/VA), what g...

Brad V: How did you get involved in the Charity Hospital fight? Martha O: It was one of my customers. An LSU repre...

Brad V:  Originally, how did you come to be involved in the Charity Hospital/LSU/VA fight? Derrick M:  I got involved beca...

Mary Howell, whose law office stands just a block outside the VA Footprint, was the chief figure who led to my involve...

The done deal gets done.

Later today or tomorrow, I'll be launching a series of posts here at Inside the Footprint. The series, built on photos and quotes, foc...

With roofless houses apparently awaiting a move offsite to parts unknown.

The UMC is caught in one.

Here, briefly.

+ The UMC business plan presented yesterday by Verite + Times-Picayune piece that notes, rather tellingly : "When the University Me...

There's some blah blah blah in the report from Verite... "Reuse of the Charity Hospital facility. The UMCMC Board is not responsi...

Here, at The Lens.

The never-ending UMC financing saga continues.

Now, the feds are zooming in on a key media figure here in New Orleans ...with monetary connections to the landfill. You'll recall th...

I mentioned a bit about the massive amount of surcharging fill that will be used in the VA Footprint. But what about the t...

After another public records request, we've begun to sift through the archaeological reports that continue to be generated in the VA and...