All over the city, a giant slow-motion reconstruction project is taking place. It is unplanned, fragmentary and for the isolated individuals carrying it out, often overwhelming. Those with the fortitude to persevere — and only the hardiest even try — must battle the hopelessness brought on by a continuing sense of abandonment.-Adam Nossiter, in a very important piece in Monday's New York Times, on how some are trying to reclaim their New Orleans neighborhood.
Perhaps - just perhaps - hope isn't lost.
