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Episode 156: From Doom to Bloom – a Tale of City Park's Disaster and Stunning Revival

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One of the great green spaces in America is New Orleans’ City Park. In 2005, the flood waters from Hurricane Karina turned it into a gray space that was muddied, overcome with fallen trees, deprived of joy and hope. Robert Becker, the park’s former CEO, faced the task of rebuilding the park with no funding and most of the park’s employees having to be released. He succeeded. Becker, author of the new book "New Orleans City Park: From Tragedy to Triumph," joins Louisiana Life Executive Editor Errol Laborde, along with podcast producer Kelly Massicot to talk about a great urban revival. We will also hear about historic disasters, in different centuries, that ultimately helped re-build the park.

Did you know? City Park is 50 percent larger than New York’s Central Park.

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Episode 156: From Doom to Bloom – a Tale of City Park's Disaster and Stunning Revival

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One of the great green spaces in America is New Orleans’ City Park. In 2005, the flood waters from Hurricane Karina turned it into a gray space that was muddied, overcome with fallen trees, deprived of joy and hope. Robert Becker, the park’s former CEO, faced the task of rebuilding the park with no funding and most of the park’s employees having to be released. He succeeded. Becker, author of the new book "New Orleans City Park: From Tragedy to Triumph," joins Louisiana Life Executive Editor Errol Laborde, along with podcast producer Kelly Massicot to talk about a great urban revival. We will also hear about historic disasters, in different centuries, that ultimately helped re-build the park.

Did you know? City Park is 50 percent larger than New York’s Central Park.

… continue reading

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