On the morning of August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina slammed into New Orleans, Louisiana. More than 4,000 homes in New Orleans’ Lower 9th Ward were destroyed by Katrina. Two years later, when actor Brad Pitt toured the city, the neighborhood was still deserted and devastated. Mr. Pitt promised the families he met there, that he would help make it right. He founded Make It Right to build 150 affordable, green, storm-resistant homes for families living in the Lower 9th Ward when the storm hit. These are photos of the Lower 9th Ward today, and the new homes built by Make it Right. They are really beautiful, unusual-looking homes.
Brad Pitt helped the humans, and Best Friends Animal Sanctuary helped the animals:
http://blogs.bestfriends.org/index.php/2011/05/11/animals-in-disasters-how-katrina-changed-their-world/
(Click on photos to enlarge.)
I loved the funky style of the homes!
This is the main street in the Lower 9th Ward; these are the
older buildings that were still left standing after Katrina
These are some of the houses that were destroyed by the storm;
nobody lives in them now.
