The Long Road Back
10. OLD FRANK'S STEAKHOUSE
Nash Barecca's family restaurant, which he uses as an office, closed decades ago. He talks of selling it in the future.
11. FRERET STREET GYM
Mike Tata hitched a boat ride down Freret just days after Katrina hit to start cleaning out his gym, the first business on the block to open after the storm.
12. OUR LADY OF LOURDES
The Spanish Colonial revival church and school was to celebrate its 100th birthday when the flood hit. The archdiocese has closed the church for now.
13. PAGE HOME
What the flood didn't destroy in Lee Page's home, looters carted away. Page, who now lives in Houston, is uncertain whether he will return.
14. ORIGINAL BROWN DERBY
Without flood insurance, Sam Ottallah borrowed money to reopen his corner grocery and began serving his popular soul food again in January.
15. C.J. PEETE
Once known as the Magnolia Projects, the 60-plus-year old public housing complex remains battered and shuttered, its former residents scattered.
16. PARKER HOME
After a stay at the convention center, Sarah and Peter Parker evacuated to Texas. Sarah and her children returned in December to make the home livable.
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Lake Pontchartrain
Area of Detail French Quarter Garden District Superdome Tulane University Mississippi River NEW ORLEANS
FLOOD LEVEL (in feet): 0-22-44-66-8
MILES: 0 1/8
Louisiana Ave.; Peniston; Amelia; Milan; Marengo; Gen. Taylor; Cadiz ; St.Jena ; St.Napoleon Ave.; Robert; Upperline; Valence; Jefferson Ave.; Valmont; Soniat; Dufossat; LaSalle; Simon Bolivar Ave.; Toledano; 7th; 6th; Washington Ave.; Harmony ; St. Charles Ave.; 4th; 3rd; 2nd; 1st; S. Liberty St.; S. Robertson St.; Magnolia; Exposition Blvd.; Walnut St.; St. Charles Ave.; Philip Street; Jackson Ave.; S. Claiborne Ave.; Willow; Clara; Magnolia; Octavia; Nashville Ave.; S. Claiborne Ave.; State; Calhoun; Fern; Adams; Burdette; Freret Street; Loyola Ave.; S. Saratoga St.; Broadway St.; S. Liberty St.; Newcomb Blvd.; Audubon St.; Superdome; French Quarter; Tulane University; Audubon Park; Audubon Place; Audubon Golf Club; Loyola University; C.J. Peete; Evans playground; St. Vincent's Cemeteries; Lafayette Cemetery; St. Joseph's Orphan Asylum Cemetery; Samuel Square; Fortier Alcee Senior High School; Taylor Playground; Samuel J. Green Middle School; Ursuline Academy; Thomy Lafon School; Flint-Goodridge Hospital; C.J. Peete
MAP BY STEPHEN ROUNTREE-USN&WR
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