After Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, there seemed to be hundreds, if not thousands, of proposed solutions to the "problem" of New Orleans. Some argued that the city should be relocated to higher ground; others said it should be rebuilt from the ground up as America's model green city; still others advocated that the city allow nature to determine its shape. These blueprints had one thing in common: They sought to re-establish The Big Easy as one of America's great cities (even though some of the city's detractors argued that it should be abandoned altogether). While many of the proposals ... Read More