Melpomene Neighborhood Prior to Demolition

ID: 6176 ~ Source: Housing Authority of New Orleans 1964 Yearbook ~ Date: 1964

This file appears in: The Guste Homes and Melpomene Neighborhood in 1964

“Close-up of typical slum dwelling in William J. Guste Sr. Homes at start of demolition.”

This file appears in: The Guste Homes and Melpomene Neighborhood in 1964

The Guste Homes and Melpomene Neighborhood in 1964

By D. Ryan Gray, Lauren Smith & Kathryn O'Dwyer, Editor

In 1964, the Urban League of Greater New Orleans published the results of “A Survey of the Recreational, Social, and Economic Conditions of the Negro Population of the William S. Guste, Sr., Homes and…