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Neighbors and preservationists press council to deny 621 Elysian Fields hotel; council approves after reconsideration and a recusal
Summary
The City Council reviewed an HDLC appeal for a proposed hotel at 621 Elysian Fields after residents and preservation groups raised procedural and design concerns. Developers said the project complied with prior council decisions; the council approved the motion after a reconsideration, with one recusal recorded.
Council members and dozens of residents and neighborhood advocates sparred over a proposed hotel at 621 Elysian Fields on Thursday, centering both on design compatibility with the Faubourg Marigny historic fabric and on whether the drawings the council was asked to approve had been the subject of prior HDLC/ARC review.
"The set of plans that you're going to approve today are not the plans related to the appeal," said Christine Moore, a nearby resident, urging the council to deny the appeal and to follow the HDLC review process. Multiple neighbors and the Preservation Resource Center told the council they believed the plans before the body had never been formally submitted to the commission and that approving them would set an…
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