Following over a week of closures due to safety concerns, O’Keefe Avenue in New Orleans’ Central Business District has reopened for pedestrian traffic. On December 14, a partial collapse of the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities (LEH) Turners’ Hall located at the intersection of Lafayette Street and O’Keefe Avenue prompted immediate action by the city’s first responders and engineers. The New Orleans Fire Department reported significant structural issues, including cracks and shifting in exterior walls and a forward buckle, that led to an urgent closure of the streets around the site, as noted in reports by WGNO.