Two weeks after the flood, with much of the city still under water, Mr Bush stood in Jackson Square and announced a visionary manifesto for reconstruction, promising “this great city will rise again” adding even more ambitiously: “We will build higher and better.”
Twelve months on, the people of New Orleans are asking who he meant by “we”. Federal money has yet to reach the streets.
Behind the facade, a city left to rot (Guardian)
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