Before the Flood
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6926 and 6932 Bellaire Drive BEFORE the Flood
Before Katrina arrived in 2005, the area immediately in front of the 17th Street Canal breach was a thriving, predominantly white, middle to upper class neighborhood with homes filling the area right up to the canal floodwall. Mature oak and pecan trees graced the neighborhood. Photo courtesy of Bellaire Drive homeowner Roy Arrigo.
This file appears in: 17th Street Canal Levee Breach in 2005
17th Street Canal Levee Breach in 2005
In 1965, Hurricane Betsy demonstrated that a major hurricane could overtop the earthen levees of the 17th Street Canal. So the Army Corps of Engineers recommended two cost-effective plans which were 1) raising the height of the canal walls or 2)…