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The Melpomene Projects, officially called the Guste Apartments, is located in Central City.
The complex occupies ten city blocks, bounded by South
Robertson Street, Clio Street, Simon Bolivar Avenue and Martin Luther
King, Jr. Boulevard (formerly Melpomene Avenue.) There were six
three-story buildings for families and a high-rise for the elderly. At
a peak height of 12 stories, the Guste high-rise is the tallest public
housing complex in the city.
The Melpomene Project was constructed in 1964. The site was once
made up of single and multi-family houses; by the late 1950s the city
declared them slums which paved the way for the project. It is the
youngest surviving housing project in New Orleans. The high-rise
underwent major renovations in 2002. In 2004-05, four of the six
low-rise buildings were demolished after failing to meet the Housing
Authority of New Orleans' economic viability guidelines.
It is one of few housing projects in the city that survived
Hurricane Katrina with minimal wind damage and no flood damage.
Subsequently, the demolition of the remaining two low rise buildings
has been put on hold.
It is commonly referred to by the nickname "Melph".
Or so says Wikipedia as of February, 2008