Abandoned Bywater naval base being transformed into affordable housing, retail space

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The sounds of bulldozers and jackhammers fill the air in the Bywater at the site of a massive eyesore. Work finally has begun on one of the old Naval Support Activity buildings on Poland Avenue.

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For more than a decade, the 25-acre former naval support activity building has been a neighborhood eyesore and a lure for vagrants…

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