Friday, August 25, 2006

New homes in Upper Ninth Ward...


Photo shows a boy riding past new homes being built in the Upper Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana.

New Orleans Habitat for Humanity is building 81 new homes in what they call the Musician's Village, an idea conceived by popular performers Harry Connick Jr. and Branford Marsalis to help displaced New Orleans musicians.

Let's home this is evidence that New Orleans is on the road towards recovery.

(Photo: Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)