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GOVERNMENT, COMMUNITY, & DESIRE,
NEW ORLEANS
Hideaway Club, 1949
Antoine "Fats" Domino Jr. (on Piano) and the Billy Diamond Orchestra at the Hideaway Club in New Orleans. The Hideaway Club was later destroyed to make room for the Desire Housing Projects.
Desire Public Housing, 1956
The Desire Housing Projects photographed in 1956
Abundance Square, 2013
Residents play chess in a front yard of Abundance Squares, the mixed-income development that replaced the Desire housing project.
A Writing Portfolio by Areeba Haider
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