Michael T. Martin

“Infill Philadelphia brings together design practitioners, community development experts, policymakers, funders and the media to address urban infill development—a significant neighborhood revitalization strategy for Philadelphia and older American cities.”

This strategy that Infill Philadelphia is employing could definitely be used in New Orleans’ fight against blight. I wonder what sort of deals could be worked out with the Zoning Commission, the Mayor’s blight team, and artists/entrepreneurs to bring buildings back to commerce and infill areas where demolition has occurred. In New Orleans we would need to extend the infill aspect to a the more broad category of temporary use because we do not have a commercial market that can support wide-scale infill development. At this point, New Orleans should work to bring blighted properties back into commerce or residential use; in the meantime lets get a movie theatre or community center up-and-running.