"Dedication of Gordon Plaza. Mayor Ernest N. Morial (center); Councilman Philip Ciaccio (behind Mayor); Representative William Jefferson"

ID: 5413 ~ Source: Image courtesy of New Orleans Public Library, Special Collections, Louisiana Division, City Archives, Mayor Ernest N. Morial Photograph Collection.

This file appears in: Constructing Gordon Plaza

This file appears in: Constructing Gordon Plaza

Constructing Gordon Plaza

By Kathryn O'Dwyer, Shelby Loyacano & Elizabeth Williams

In the 1970s, under the administrations of Mayors “Moon” Landrieu and his successor “Dutch” Morial, the city planned and built housing for elderly and low-income families on the former site of…