1031 Canal - New Orleans, LA
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1031 Canal is a partially collapsed 190-foot-tall (58 m) multi-use high rise building in New Orleans, Louisiana, located at 1031 Canal Street in the Central Business District. If completed, the project would have been known as the Hard Rock Hotel New Orleans.
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Location: Louisiana, United States
Date Posted: 04/22/2020
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After months of controversy, on September 22, 2011, the New Orleans City Council voted 5-2 to approve the necessary height variances with provisions. As proposed the building would have included 300 market-rate apartments, a 500-space parking garage and 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) of retail space on the first two floors.
On February 2018, the developer announced a partnership with Hard Rock to turn the new building into the Hard Rock Hotel New Orleans. The new plan maintained the already-approved height, massing, and general design of the tower. Plans for the interior then included 350 hotel rooms, 65 1–3 bedroom units available for purchase, an upscale restaurant, 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2) of event space, and a 400-space parking garage.
On Saturday, October 12, 2019, at approximately 9:12 a.m. during construction, a partial collapse of the structure occurred on the side facing North Rampart Street, killing three workers and injuring dozens of others.
As of 2020, the building site remains in its partially collapsed state, including with the bodies of two deceased workers. Government officials are debating the project's future and potential culpability of various people and organizations involved.
Our photos were taken from Rampart Street on January 24, 2020.
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