The HDLC voted to approve the demolition of the former Lindy Boggs Medical Center in Mid-City. (Danny Monteverde/PRC)
The New Orleans Historic District Landmarks Commission voted Nov. 5 to approve demolition of the Lindy Boggs Medical Center, formerly Mercy Hospital, at 301 Norman C. Francis Parkway in the Mid-City Historic District.
The HDLC’s inspection of the massive complex, which has been vacant since Hurricane Katrina in 2005, found that although the building appeared structurally sound, it is extensively deteriorated and presents highly unsafe conditions…