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Appendix D: Field Trip Maps
Appendix D: Field Trip Maps
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Appendix D Field Trip Maps 111
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112 APPENDIX D Field Guide New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast January 19, 2011 Figure: D-1 Overview of the field trip Apx D Main Map.eps Map created using ESRI ArcMap 9.3D Street Map Server bitmap, landscape Maps by: Ronald Schumann III Note: Map 1: French Quarter to the Lower Ninth Ward Map 2: Lakefront and New Orleans East Map 3: Slidell and the North Shore Map 4: Waveland to Long Beach Map 5: Gulfport to Biloxi Map 6: East Biloxi
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2. Industrial Canal Completed in 1923 as part of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, the canal connects Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River.
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8. Musicians' Village Spearheaded by New Orleans musicians Harry Connick, Jr., Branford Marsalis, and New Orleans Area Habitat for Humanity, the village provides housing for displaced musicians and other disaster victims.
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11. Project Home Again A nonprofit company that allows families without the resources to rebuild their own home to trade their damaged home or empty lot for a new home.
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14. Mary Queen of Vietnam Community Center [STOP]
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Only waterfront homes sustained heavy damage from surge, though the entire com munity suffered wind damage (left)
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David Garcia, Mayor Mike Smith, Fire Chief 21. Katrina Cottages Along with so-called FEMA trailers, these ubiquitous structures are used to house storm victims during rebuilding process.
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26. Pass Christian and Long Beach, south of the tracks The CSX railroad line running parallel to the coastline about one-half mile inland served as a barrier to the storm surge from Katrina.
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28. Dune Reconstruction Newly built fences, sea oats, and palm trees planted after Hurricane Katrina are aiding in dune accretion.
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Keesler Air Force Base, built during World War II, also employs a significant number of area residents. Italians, Sicilians, African Americans from the Delta region, and more recently Vietnamese have made Biloxi home.
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34. Diamondhead Recovery Point Recovery point, showing empty lots in place of former waterfront mansions.
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2007. A Community Study of Disaster Impacts and Redevelopment Issues Facing East Biloxi, Mississippi.
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