Iceberg House, again.

Another view of the iceberg house in the former vacant lot.

Photo taken right after dawn, Sunday, Feb. 1st.

Iceberg House.

This house has just been painted all-white and it looks like a big, giant iceberg. With a black roof on top, HAHAHA.

Corner S Cortex & Baudin. Used to be a vacant lot.

The Houses in the Lot Across the Way Are Being Painted.

The first has a grey-and-white finish.

 

 

The second one is just being started.

South Scott Street

There is a vacant lot at 434-436 South Scott Street. It used to contain two single shotgun houses. Both of them got flooded after Katrina. Being rentals, they did not qualify for federal grant aid under the Louisiana Road Home program, so they sat and rotted for years. The one (#436) started leaning against the other, so it came down. A couple of years later, the other came down. The lot sat vacant and neglected for several years.

This past summer city officials took photos of the lot. That spurred the owner(s) to action, clear the lot, trim the grass, and to sell the property (properties).

Now this past week a "gradall" appeared with several timber piles. A new house or two will be going up soon.

Progress on the Houses across the Street

Photo was taken December 12, 2014 at sunset. The houses are almost completely hardiplanked.

Progress on the Second House.

A lot has transpired in the second house in the lot across the way.

Taken 5 November, 2014, after sunset.

The roof rafters are up

Taken 21 November, 2014 during sunset.

The roof is done and the clapboards are being installed.

Second House in the Lot across the Way.

Taken 3rd November, 2014

A second house is now going up in the lot across the way from my house. It's halfway up to the top!

A New House in the Lot Across the Way.

Photo taken October 26, 2014, early evening.

 

Since I took a photo of the lot across the way last, the new house arising in it has been topped out and sheathed. It is of the Victorian-style camelback type. The finishes appear they are going to be the builder's "standard" variety -- single-hung windows that pretend to be double-hung, box eaves, asphalt-tab shingles and hardyplank siding (at least it isn't vinyl siding!).

 

The houses are going to front on S Cortez Street.

 

 

Lot Across the Way -- a House Frame Goes up.



 

Photos taken October 17, 2014. A house frame has gone up and is now being sheathed.