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 Franz Building


About the Franz Building  [See on Map]

(Central City; Constructed 1915)

The Franz Building is a turn of the century storefront building in the Orthea Castle Haley corridor. The renovated building will be occupied by Good Work Network, a small business incubator. The building is 75 percent vacant. Damaged storefront and clerestory windows must be repaired. The restoration of the building's façade fulfills the goal of the Unified New Orleans Plan to establish a mixed-use arts and...
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My name is Cora Belle Davis. As a child I remember shopping on Dryades Street with my mother. We would go to Venus Gardens and get a whole meal for a dollar. You could get beans, rice, sausage and...

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