The history behind the meaning of a shotgun isn't crystal clear. It's common to hear that the name came about because if all the doors of the house w ...

On quiet nights in college in the late 1990s, New Orleans photographer Frank ... both the ornate mansions and decrepit houses (colloquially referred to as "shotgun shacks"). When Relle returned ...

The New Orleans City Council has approved an ordinance to bring in an engineer to look at structural damage and blight after ...

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From derelict shotgun houses and abandoned strip malls to the Plaza Tower, New Orleans is facing a public health and safety crisis from blighted buildings. Harris said the city’s hired help ...