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mold - will be torn down, redeveloped as mixed income homes
Built in 1941 the Lafitte projects in the Treme area were the African-American counterpart to the Iberville projects built for European-American residents. The Civil Rights Act ended racial segregation and both projects became completely African-American until Hurricane Katina closed Lafitte permanently in 2005.
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