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Neighbors, preservationists and developers clash at council over proposed hotel at 621 Elysian Fields
Summary
Residents, HDLC staff and preservation groups urged the New Orleans City Council to deny a developer appeal to approve a hotel they say was not fully reviewed; the applicant and some council members said the project had previously received council waivers and should move forward.
Historic preservationists, neighbors and the developers of a proposed hotel at 621 Elysian Fields clashed before the New Orleans City Council during a lengthy public hearing and debate.
HDLC staff told the council the current proposal remained incompatible with the Faubourg Marigny’s established scale and massing and urged elected officials to uphold the commission’s denial, saying ‘‘the facade composition continues to lack sufficient articulation’’ and that the plan had not responded adequately to repeated Architectural Review Committee recommendations.
Multiple residents and neighborhood groups urged the council to deny motion m 26 16, which would reverse the HDLC decision. Jeffrey Seymour asked why the council was being asked to approve “an entirely different set of plans” that, he said, had not gone through…
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