Construction is officially underway at the long-blighted Touro Shakspeare Home in Algiers as the city-owned property transforms once again into affordable housing for New Orleans’ elderly.
Why it matters: Empty and crumbling since Hurricane Katrina, the project signals reinvestment in the West Bank neighborhood where the home sits. “The city of New Orleans hasn’t forgotten about you,” Councilman Freddie King said.
The latest: New Orleans officials and business leaders officially broke ground Thursday, kicking off a year’s worth of construction…