The New Orleans City Council backed up the local historic building commission's decision to let developers erect a 16-story apartment building on the edge of the Warehouse District, consternating several residents who had fought its construction.
The council voted 6-0 to approve the Historic District Landmark Commission's assent for the Tracage building to be built near Annunciation Street and the Pontchartrain Expressway. Neighborhood residents had appealed the HDLC's decision in November, complaining that it shared no commonality with the neighborhood's architecture.