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From: Architexturez <interface.services@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 11:39:07 +0530
This podcast features part one of a two-part discussion with New Orleans
recovery chief Ed Blakely. Planetizen talks with Blakely about his work
in the city and the process of rebuilding a devastated physical
environment and a shaken economy.
Blakely was recruited by New Orleans Mayor C. Ray Nagin in January 2007
to lead the city's recovery from the destruction caused by hurricanes
Katrina and Rita in Summer 2005. Blakely is an accomplished planning
educator and practitioner, as well as an internationally-regarded
recovery expert, having served as the head of recovery efforts in the
San Francisco Bay Area after the 1988 earthquake and in Oakland after
the 1991 fires.
This interview was conducted by Planetizen Managing Editor Christian
Peralta and Planetizen Assistant Editor Nate Berg on June 3, 2007, at a
coffeeshop in New Orleans.
In the forthcoming second part of this two-part discussion, Blakely
talks about the heavily involved and drawn-out development of plans for
New Orleans, and gives his insight on what the future holds for the city.
http://www.planetizen.com/node/25054