Aerial view of Lakefront Arena prior to Hurricane Katrina

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Aerial view of a large geometric building with a flat top situated within a green space.

After Hurricane Katrina damaged the roof of the arena, it was deemed unusable by UNO. The parking lot housed FEMA trailers for displaced Lakefront residents in the wake of the storm.

Image courtesy of NOLA.com

This file appears in: Camp Leroy Johnson

By Patrick Stephen
During WWII, Camp Leroy Johnson was used along with the New Orleans Airport by the Army and Airforce Bomber Squadron for training. Signal and Quartermaster units were trained on the post, which housed…