Wow, it looks just like the one in New Orleans. Back in the day, 95-year-old Lauren Swinney took pride in living next to what was then the F. Edward Hebert Defense Complex. Cops were investigating other reports that a suspect was barricaded inside the New Orleans facility. An artist's sketch shows the F. Edward Hbert Defense Complex in New Orleans' Bywater section in 1975. And how is the property going to be secured?. They build a monster facility for this NOBLE purpose and eventually just say oh well, well go somewhere else now, ta-da., Would like to become full time security there but am still trying to find out who to talk to. Featured above is the work of New Orleans-based Reader, You Go Girl, along with others. Join me as WE explore what is left inside!Abandoned Southeast - Bloghttps://abandonedsoutheast.com/2017/04/30/naval-complex/Noladeejhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-YcpLaHr7Sm9RV62h8_6ugLykins Filmshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3i6kbZGgsuMGxRgRrmjzALive a Little Explorationshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC006T6piOc3m3x6A6cXEJXAExplore With Rickhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQkZpYIExYDAUA52yIMMtWg*Exploring Abandoned Navy Complex Base NSA - New Orleans, Louisiana*Epidemic music: https://www.epidemicsound.com/Intro: 0:00 - 1:02History: 1:03 - 2:03Exploring abandoned Navy Base: 2:04 - 7:21Gym: 7:22 - 8:34Back Exploring abandoned Navy Base: 8:35 - 13:14Theater: 13:15 - 15:31Back to exploring Abandoned Navy Base: 15:32 - 20:16Homeless Set ups: 20:17 - 25:47Back to exploring Abandoned Navy Base: 25:48 - 29: 53Meeting Board Room: 29:54 - 31:36Cafeteria and more: 31:37 - 34:48 The complex was completed in 1919. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. 197. Who is responsible needs to secure it first, whatever it takes for them to do that, (from) the people who are in there to protect them and us at the same time.. So I feel like its not as simple as clean out the Naval base.. They will need food, water and a place to pee. Youth and Urban Decay. The base was shut down, and ownership was eventually transferred to the city in 2013. All of this to prepare the site for redevelopment. Weve all watched these people stealing metal repeatedly and now that the word is out that this is a place you can go and live and steal the metal, this is only escalating.. Its become the zoo that it is now, said Stanton. See a spelling or grammar error in our story? The latest breaking updates, delivered straight to your email inbox. That makes no sense to me, she says. AND SO I HANDED HIM OVER MY PURSE. But that still hasnt happened, and neighbors are complaining the building has become a danger and an eyesore. A person on a bike rolls past the former naval base on Poland Ave. in New Orleans, Tuesday, June 21, 2022. MULTIPLE people were in custody on Tuesday, June 14, 2022, after reports of a possible active shooter situation at an abandoned Naval Base. WDSU cameras saw people coming and going from the site nonstop. He said Bywater residents have dealt with problems stemming from the old Naval base site for more than ten years. Naval Station to the U.S. calendar.gambitweekly.com. Can retirees stay at Navy Lodges 2009:The Pentagon disestablishes" the Bywater operations as part of a series of base closures. I think people want something done with it one way or the other and this is one of those things just in my view that is this temporary? WHAT WORSE COULD HAPPEN? The project cannot be redeveloped unless it has lots of subsidy because none of those buildings are up to code. After vacating the site in 2011, the Navyposted a smallsecurity detailstaff witha caretakerwho ensures the property is secured and maintained. NEW ORLEANS . "The City and the private developer who controls the Naval Support Activity site began the process of fully securing and closing the former base on July 11. The city of New Orleans acquired it in 2013, but it has sat vacant since then. The Bywater Neighborhood Association plans to meet with developers and other city officials on Tuesday, July 12, at 7 p.m. at the Bywater Brew Pub to learn more about the plan and potential project timeline. Brooke Buchler was on a Florida beach trip with a. March 24, 2019 There are few bare surfaces in the abandoned naval base in Bywater, New Orleans. Updated: 10:31 AM CDT July 31, 2022. But projects have been stagnant. Jesse Weber, another resident of the Bywater, said hes interested in learning what plans are in place moving forward once the site is swept. I MEAN PEOPLE ARE BREAKING IN DOWN HERE. Officials have stated that the space will be redeveloped later on as a partial housing and partial retail development. NEW ORLEANS The New Orleans Fire Department is reporting that the abandoned naval base in the Bywater neighborhood caught fire once again Sunday. you. You have permission to edit this article. Then in June, New Orleans police swarm the base and put surrounding neighborhoods on lockdown after reports of gunfire. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU. A history of the abandoned Naval Support Activity campus on New Orleans' east bank, Dauphine Street between Poland Avenue and the Industrial Canal, transform the building closest to Poland Avenue into a 295-unit "luxury affordable" apartment building, redirected at least $40 million in federal grants, later identified as 25-year-old Slidell waitress Brooke Buchler, one-alarm fire spreads across four floors. Its incredibly dangerous. Welcome to AbandonedSoutheast.com! witl.com. I TOLD HIM I DIDNT HAVE ANY CASH. I have many great memories of being stationed in New Orleans. This summer, an old oil tank spilled almost 2,000 gallons of diesel on the property and into nearby waterways. TELL WDSU DEVELOPER. Although plans are in place, like many other sites, the naval complex remains abandoned. Exploring an Abandoned Navy Base - NSA New Orleans The Proper People 1.38M subscribers Join Subscribe 13K Share 737K views 4 years ago NEW ORLEANS Start protecting yourself on the web. As World War II began, the lease was canceled and the navalcomplex reverted back to complete use by the military as the New Orleans Port of Embarkation. Trash fires started by squatters grew out of control several times this year. I hope that they are really following up on what happens to these communities that will no longer have that as shelter, and of course, there are things that need to be dealt with. The agreement would also allow for two extensions, bringing the total term to 99 years. She says in 2015, her former boss Deputy Mayor Cedric Grant reallocated the money to the Sewerage and Water Board. Once a bustling federal administrative complex that employed thousands of people, the abandoned and deteriorating Navy base at the intersection of Dauphine Street and Poland Avenue in New Orleans' Bywater section is now home to squatters and a magnet for violent crime. I served there from 1977 to 1980 as a Marine. "The City and the private developer who controls the Naval Support Activity site began the process of fully securing and closing the former base on July 11. Everything from tags and throw-ups to sophisticated pieces covers its exterior, interior and rooftops. Until they secure funds for that housing, theres really not going to be any progress above and beyond that. Without that funding, Guarnieri fears a setback of years renovating the property. The NOFD . SHE TOLD ME THE SUSPECT. The building was constructed in 1919 as a supply depot for the U.S. Army, according to a recent NOLA.com story. It opens up a whole can of worms with the feds and stuff like that, so theres an incentive to get it done. your help. RAN OFF TOWARDS THE BASE. Once a bustling federal administrative complex that employed thousands of people, the abandoned and deteriorating Navy base at the intersection of Dauphine Street and Poland Avenue in New. With this sweep will also be other questions: What happens with the people who are living there? The 1.5 million square foot 3,6 story buildings once housed 3,900 active-duty and 2,700 civilian personnel. Theres a lot of drug use. The 1.5. Look at the money they throw around for defense which is merely a fig leaf for genociding people Israel doesnt like (plus enriching the industrial barons and their pet politicians). for people without homes since the Navy gave it to New Orleans nine years ago. Christopher Ryan. Behold, your tax dollars at work. The New Orleanstransient camp closed in March 1936, after being open for two years. In October, New Orleanstakes ownership of the Bywater property, 25 acres with three six-story buildings that total1.5 million square feet. At the time, the 200-acre complex that straddled the Mississippi River employed more than 4,600 people with a $142 million annual payroll. Bywater Neighborhood Association president John Guarnieri said, Were dealing with a property thats had problems for well over 10 years.. The NOPD and other emergency teams were set to sweep the abandoned Bywater Navy base at 11 this morning, but crews have already entered the grounds and people are leaving with whatever they. Campers and vehicles are parked alongside the former naval base on Poland Avenue in New Orleans' Bywater neighborhood. WE WERE OUTSIDE THE HOUSE AND A MAN WALKED UP BEHIND ME PUT A GUN TO MY HEAD TOLD ME TO GIVE ME GIVE HIM MY MONEY. Campers and vehicles are parked alongside the former naval base on Poland Avenue in New Orleans' Bywater section on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. Check out this picture from the South Boston waterfront district which was formally an old Army Base: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3439948,-71.0294101,3a,75y,251.57h,104.32t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1scyPrLUtEJJaA_wrXh1s3zg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en, https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3445617,-71.0305818,3a,75y,251.26h,84.68t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sXEZFXQPyD0IxhnpbXrESLg!2e0!7i16384!8i8192?hl=en. Bywater Neighborhood Association President, John Guarnieri, says its the city's fault. 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Edward Hebert Defense Complex is a blight on the neighborhood. Have you served? Mayor Cantrell says she flipped the bird at a Tucks rider to defend New Orleans. ITS A CINNAMON CHARISA SHARES JUST SUNDAY NIGHT. The base dates. PLEASE MAINTAIN AND PUT GUARDS ON THEM. Why did the Navy close its Bywater base, now a magnet for squatters and crime? Additional details, including a possible motive, were not immediately available. What are your long-term plans? Residents in the area reported hearing upwards of 50 shots fired around 9pm local time. 2018: In August, WWL-TV reported that Mayor Mitch Landrieu's administration three years earlier had redirected at least $40 million in federal grants intended for revitalizing the Bywater property and had used it for unrelated drainage projects. Sixteen year old Joseph loves dressing up in tactical gear and shooting at targets. Joe Jaeger recently signed a 99 year lease with the city to began work renovating the property. (LogOut/ Why? Additionally, the plan proposed using 2acres of the 25-acre Bywater site to develop "permanent supportive housing" for homeless people, as required by federal laws governing the closure and redevelopment of surplus military property. TRAVERSE PEOPLE WHO LIVE BY THE OLD NAVY BASE IN THE 9TH WARD SAY THAT THEY ARE LOSING HOPE. I personally have a background in private security and also in construction so if anyone can get this place back right again its me. 2020 THE SUN, US, INC. 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My photographs have been featured on CBS Inside Edition, CNN Travel, Houston Chronicle, The Weather Channel, MSN, Yahoo News, NPR, the UK Sun, the Daily Mail, NOLA.com, AL.com, and many others. You have permission to edit this article. The fire was reported to . The announcement comes on the heels of a shooting inside the blighted property that prompted a lockdown among residents and patrons of local businesses on June 21. Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. (Photo by Sophia Germer, NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate). Officials have stated that the space will be redeveloped later on as a partial housing and partial retail development. Abandoned billet home. Instead, the site itself has become crisis-prone. FEMA asked the city to "repurpose" the money, he said, because developers and the various plans for the site weren't coming together fast enough based the grant's timeline. Graffiti is sparse and everything looks cleaned up. If youre outside now at the naval base, you can see theres a stream of people coming and going in and out of there, she says. @FOX8NOLA pic.twitter.com/PAxmm9KYwD. The police perimeter was set up near St Claude and Poland Avenue, according to reports. DONT LET VANDALS DESTROY THE BUILDINGS Wow. NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - The reputation of the abandoned naval base in the Bywater is unfortunately well known. Thenaval complexwas in full operation until June 1933, when it was placed ina maintenance status by the U.S. Army. The parking deck of the former naval base on Poland Avenue in New Orleans stands behind homes in the Bywater neighborhood on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. 386. The fire was a 1-alarm fire, and NOFD is on the scene securing the fire. Its a really complicated and complex situation you know, I mean its so easy to be like oh well that shouldnt be happening. But you know, that opens up a deeper conversation, said Kitten, owner of Chance in Hell Snowballs in the Bywater. This story is a collaboration with The Lens. The base is located in the Bywater area of New Orleans. What actual net good do you feel the US military has done in the past 50 years? In this video my friend Daisy and I explore a naval facility in New Orleans that has been abandoned since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. The city says it has taken steps in recent weeks to secure the naval base by leasing it to film companies with private security details. The long-abandoned Bywater naval base will be shut down next week, city officials announced Friday afternoon. The front door has been broken into. (LogOut/ My biggest fear all along was that it would become the biggest blighted property in the city of New Orleans, and thats exactly what has happened.. COUNCILMAN FREDDIE KING SAYS HES RECENTLY HAD TO RETRIEVE TRASH CANS STOLEN FROM RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AND PLACED INSIDE OF THE SITE ASSISTED SLEEP. Everything was done with military precision, she says. Call the front desk to make reservations at phone number 504-678-9745 or 800-NAVY-BED. Themassive sitespreads over bothsides of the Mississippi River, making it the largest in New Orleans. It's been abandoned, and has become a. Its dangerous. On Monday, New Orleans began its latest attempt to clear and secure the massive blighted Navy base that's stood vacant in the Bywater area of the city for over a decade. The New Orleans Fire Department reported that the abandoned naval base on 4400 Dauphine Street was on fire on Sunday morning. Neighbors say its just the latest in a series of problems. Most importantly, the City remains committed to ensuring that a transformative project is developed at the site, and the City anticipates substantial progress to be made by the end of the year. In today's video I head south to New Orleans Louisiana to explore F. Edward Hebert Defense Complex. Hearst Television participates in various affiliate marketing programs, which means we may get paid commissions on editorially chosen products purchased through our links to retailer sites.