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Welcome banners are temporarily covering broken windows on a blighted skyscraper and vacant lots downtown. The hosts of this ...
Second lawsuit filed over Bourbon Street attack, alleging ‘systemic failure’ by officials and contractors
A civil lawsuit has been filed against New Orleans city officials, law enforcement, and contractors, alleging negligence in the Bourbon Street terror attack ...
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Ignored warnings: Security gaps left New Orleans vulnerable to terrorist attack
Defunct and missing vehicle barriers were among the security gaps known to officials in New Orleans before the New Year's Day ...
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New barricades? Bourbon Street attack highlights security issues for Jackson Square artists.
His hands flecked with blue paint, he said he wished the city would replace the concrete bollards at the street entrance, repeating Peters' account that a vehicle had broken one of them several ...
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Bourbon Street terrorist researched Germany Christmas market attack, Mardi Gras before deadly rampage: FBI
The FBI has released a new image of New Orleans terrorist attacker Shamsud-Din Jabbar along with new details about his internet search history as the investigation into the New Year's attack ...
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How the oft-forgotten urban pawn, the lowly bollard, can save lives
A rendering of bollards on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Credit: City of New Orleans Fancy retractable ones, like those dormant in the French Quarter, can cost over $10,000 and require annual ...
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How New Orleans failed to protect Bourbon Street from attack, block by block
That year, officials announced a $40 million public safety project that included the installation of metal posts known as bollards that could slide on tracks into the middle of Bourbon Street to ...
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Lowered barriers don’t mean New Orleans officials coordinated with attacker | Fact check
Bourbon Street in recent years has had two different types of barriers – wedges, which are ramps that rise to block the street, and bollards, which are vertical posts that come up out of the ...
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New Orleans attack raises familiar debate: Can Bourbon Street be made safe?
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The second-guessing began before the bodies had been cleared from the debris of the deadly Bourbon Street ... ill-fated removal of the street's bollards, steel columns ...