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Delery Street residents are allowed to come back to their homes to survey the damage. Josephine Butler, 83, whose house slid across Delery Street and landed on top of where a neighbor's home once stood. She had a large statue of an angel that she said "guarded" her house that once stood at the entrance to her home and has been broken off of its foundation. She was looking everywhere to see if she could find her angel, including bending over and trying to see it under the new roof to her home all that's left. Nicole Bengiveno/ New York Times https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_qznhjn_KatrinaHouse.jpg Bengiveno16760.jpg 20051201 New Orleans (NAT) 200506429 The Ninth Ward has opened to residents after being closed because of dangerous conditions. Delery street residents come back to survey the damage. Ishmela and Mary Helen Molizone have lived at 1632 Delery Street for 49 years. They bought their own hazmat suits and came home to start the clean-up. He had to sit down and rest for a bit after dragging soggy debris outside. Nicole Bengiveno/ New York Times https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_y2mrjh_Gulf_Carnival.jpg Biloxi Biloxi, Mississippi. 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Resident Franklin Gregory, 66, who is living in a shelter at the University, surveys his neighborhood on Annie Baxter Street. (dan story) Nicole Bengiveno / New York Times 20110525 Joplin, Missouri (NAT) Tornado aftermath in Joplin, MO. Resident Franklin Gregory, 66, who is living in a shelter at the University, surveys his neighborhood on Annie Baxter Street. (dan story) Nicole Bengiveno / New York Times https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_6r58io_Ice-Breaker.jpg Ice Breaker New York Coast Guard Ice Breaking Tug, the Penobscot Bay, breaks the ice along the mid Hudson River area near Danskammer Point for the Barge &apos;Mary Gellatly&apos; that is carrying heating oil up the river, left backround. https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_wppac6_HollandHotelWiredBoy.jpg Welcome | Nicole Bengiveno Welcome — Nicole Bengiveno. https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_walb11_HollandHotelTweedyGirl.jpg Welcome | Nicole Bengiveno Welcome — Nicole Bengiveno. https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_r0uy7c_FootballEmbrace.jpg Welcome | Nicole Bengiveno Welcome — Nicole Bengiveno. https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_96guh2_SanFranMan.jpg Welcome | Nicole Bengiveno Welcome — Nicole Bengiveno. https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_1tbkdf_WomenOnBus.jpg Welcome | Nicole Bengiveno Welcome — Nicole Bengiveno. https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_409o70_BoyWithGun.jpg Welcome | Nicole Bengiveno Welcome — Nicole Bengiveno. https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_whmgup_RussiaPhoneBooth.jpg Welcome | Nicole Bengiveno Welcome — Nicole Bengiveno. https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_iveudb_BoyWithCoat.jpg Welcome | Nicole Bengiveno Welcome — Nicole Bengiveno. https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_59491o_LeningradB_W.jpg Welcome | Nicole Bengiveno Welcome — Nicole Bengiveno. https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_k15bpl_Russia1.jpg Mother and Son Leningrad A Day in the Life of Russia: Portrait of a mother and son in St Petersburg formerly Leningrad. https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_7cherr_RegistanSquare.jpg Welcome | Nicole Bengiveno Welcome — Nicole Bengiveno. https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_5x0qjb_24X30CentralAsia.jpg Central Asia Central Asia https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_b9w6tv_Atmosphere2.jpg Crayon Sky Manhattan&apos;s full moon rise brightened the sky, the collective inner glow of the buildings inspired thoughts of lunar myths. A view from the Brooklyn Bridge looking north. https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_rbgu31_Atmosphere1.jpg Vortex Into the vortex, rush-hour traffic becomes physics in motion near Grand Central Terminal. https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_s36lsn_Atmosphere7.jpg Green In memory of the color green, preserved in transition on a trek through New York&apos;s Central Park. https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_vyfnne_Reflect.jpg Reflections in a Rain Puddle Reflections in a Rain Puddle https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_9avhb9_NorthHaven2.jpg North Haven Pier SAG HARBOR, NEW YORK APRIL27, 2017 (BLURRED VISION) NORTH HAVEN FOG https://storage.neonsky.app/9ale2d9o/images/9ale2d9o_p8e6pcui_ihdvw2_NorthHavenCropped1.jpg North Haven Sky Mixed Media North Haven Sky Mixed Media https://nicolebengiveno.com/new-york-times 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://nicolebengiveno.com/joplin,-missouri-tornado 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Joplin3.jpg Joplin Tornado The scene along South Indiana St where Sonja West and her daughter Sarah Burtrum were living. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Joplin7.jpg Joplin Tornado The trees took a beating, catching flying objects during the storm. This one is located near the Joplin Elk's Lodge. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Joplin1.jpg Joplin Tornado Resident Franklin Gregory, 66, who is living in a shelter at the University, surveys his neighborhood on Annie Baxter Street. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Joplin2.jpg Joplin Tornado What's left of the St Mary's Roman Catholic Church where the interior pews still sit in the ruble. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Joplin4.jpg Joplin Tornado Jack Clayton walks through an area he barely recognizes along South Main St where Auto Advantage, a car dealership, once was located at 2427 S Main St. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Joplin5.jpg Joplin Tornado Old photos were scattered on the ground where the auto dealer ship used to be. The stamp on the back of the photos credited Murwin Mosler, (who graduated from Joplin high school in 1935) a photographer who documented Joplin. This photo was blown from his archive storage from across the street. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Joplin6.jpg Joplin Tornado Leah Peterson wanders around what was her home where she and her husband David had an adjoining business along S Main St, a music shop called Glory Days Music. As the tornado hit, they scurried into their basement and hid under a ping-pong table. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Joplin8.jpg Joplin Tornado A Kentucky Street scene where homes once stood, now a view as far east as can be seen by shocked residents. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Joplin_Tornado.jpg Joplin, Missouri Tornado aftermath in Joplin, MO. A road has been cleared next to Cunniingham Park. https://nicolebengiveno.com/national-geographic 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Registan-Sq.jpg Registan Square Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Artist Misha Vahrutdinov at work in Registan Square https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/albania_27.jpg Train to Durres Trains that were running needed repair, missing windows in many cars. This train to Durres from Tirane maes a stop to let riders off https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Albania-Bus.jpg Albanian Bus The Albanian communist government was collapsing and the system was breaking down. Parts to repair were scarce and any public transportation was overtaxed in the capitol city of Tirane. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Albania_Masked.jpg Mask A makeshift mask in Korce, Albania https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/albania_02.jpg Enver Hoxja Museum The Hoxja Museum, named after the former Communist leader in Tirana, Albania, provides a place for childhood adventure https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/albania_01.jpg Bread Shop There were food shortages and long lines for the basics including this bread line in Tirane, the capitol of Albania. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Albania-Milk.jpg Milk Line A woman sits on the sidewalk saving her place in line, waiting for a milk delivery. It is pre-dawn in Tirane, the capitol of Albania. Food has become scarce due to the collapsing government and the breakdown of system. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Albania-Soldiers.jpg Albanian Soldiers Military base in Shkoder, Albania.Soldiers line-up before beginning a drill in self defense, a part of the requirement of a two-year service. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Albania-Soldiers1.jpg Albanian Drill Military base in Shkoder, Albania. A self defense workout, a part of the requirement of a two-year service. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Albania-Visas.jpg Albanian Visas The visa office in Tirana, Albania. Crowds seaking to get permission to travel. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Albanian-Ramiz.jpg Albanian Ramiz Palace of Congress in Tirana, Albania where Ramiz Alia, the hand picked successor to Stalinist dictator Enver Hoxha, listens to the Communist Labor Party&apos;s 10th Congress as the government is collapsing and democracy is sweeping the country. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Albania-Factory.jpg Albanian Factory With the collapsing Communist government, work had come to a standstill in a machine parts factory in Tirane, Albania https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Albania-Cart.jpg Albanian Cart A horse driven cart was loaded down with hay as it pulled to a stop for people riding bicycles crossing the road in Tirane, the capitol of Albania. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Albania-Bread.jpg Bread Factory A woman sweeps the floor of a bread factory in Tirane, the capitol of Albania. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Kirghizia-Gym.jpg Kirghizia Gym Red October collective farm sports complex near Frunze, Kirghizia. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/ussr_02.jpg Kazakhstan A sheepherder in Kazakhstan pulls on his horse as it tries to eat the grass https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Camel-Farm.jpg Camel Farm A boy herds a group of camels on his family&apos;s farm in Turkmenistan. https://nicolebengiveno.com/miscellaneous 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://nicolebengiveno.com/unintentional-monuments-to-katrina 2026-03-10 monthly 0.8 https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Katrina9.jpg Katrina- Aaron Broussard, resident and member of the East shore neighborhood association in East New Orleans. He is concerned about the blight from abandoned and overgrown property in the neighborhood. This one blocks the sidewalk. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Katrina8.jpg Katrina-BLIGHT A portrait of community leader Aaron Broussard, resident and member of the East Shore neighborhood association concerned for his neighborhood and the blight he is seeing from absent residents and overgrown properties. He looks through a window of an empty house that still has debris from Katrina inside. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Katrina10.jpg Katrina-FUTURE An overview of a junk yard along Almonaster Ave where towed Katrina cars sit until the future price of metal is good. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Katrina17.jpg Katrina-RECYCLING Roger Cull , of Stonehedge Construction a cement recycling business,, was vacationing in New Orleans with his family when Katrina threatened the city. Two days after she hit, he brought his construction company to New Orleans to begin the clean-up. He stands on chunks of New Orleans foundations, cement from houses, roads, and foundations destroyed by Katrina. His company has 350,000- 400-000 tons of recycled cement in piles, and from the top of one; a vista of his neighbor's junk yard where Katrina cars are being stored until the price of metal goes up in the future. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Katrina11.jpg Katrina- FUTURE1 An overview of a junk yard along Almonaster Ave where towed Katrina cars sit until the future price of metal is good. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Katrina7.jpg Katrina-BUREAUCRACY A portrait of Michael Dupont,59, standing near the overgrown lot where his great grandfather used his WWI pay to buy a house, and where his grandfather lived, and where his father and mother made their home; he holds a photo of the house that used to be. Because of miscommunication during the process of applying for Road Home assistance, their house was demolished unbeknownst to them and they recently received a bill from the city for the work. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Katrina1.jpg Katrina-RESILIENCE In the process of being renovated, located along St Anthony Street in the 7th ward district, owner Juan LaBostrie said his father was born at this location and his grandfather was a brick mason, building the house piece by piece in the early 1040s. This house stood on six foot piers originally and In the recent renovations after Katrina, the house has been raised even more to go up another story. In the planning, he said, there was a miscalculation and the house was raised more than was planned. The surprise to the owner was that by doing so, his yearly flood insurance went from $1,100 to $300. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Katrina13.jpg Katrina-CONCERN East Shore resident and community leader Aaron Broussard, stands near the deserted Curan Apartment complex that stretches for several blocks along Curan Ave. The blight of absent residents and overgrown properties are his first concern regarding the neighborhood. He used to live in section eight housing and vowed to buy his own home. He did it and now he wants to keep it nice. He wishes the abandoned apartment property would be developed into a shopping center for the east New Orleans neighborhood. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Katrina2.jpg Katrina-ABANDONED Much of the lower Ninth Ward is abandoned. The Greater New Orleans Community Data Center states: The Lower Ninth Ward Neighborhood has recovered 24% of it's population since Katrina showing 5,363 residents pre Katrina and 1,271 as of June 2010. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Katrina20.jpg Katrina-PATIENCE A portrait of Lake Shore neighborhood resident Madge Goff,85, who still seeks shelter in the FEMA trailer parked in her front yard as her home is slowly being renovated from Katrina damage. She has had bad experiences with contractors and is doing what work she can while she waits. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Katrina3.jpg Katrina-ABANDON Much of the lower Ninth Ward is abandoned. Homes have been torn down and debris removed, though on this corner of N.Galvez, there is a flicker of life: the street traffic light is still working green/yellow/red though not many cars come through. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Katrina16.jpg Katrina-GRIEF The Katrina cross, a monumental symbol of courage and grief; the search and rescue symbol that was seen spray painted on buildings that were searched after the hurricane and flood, providing information on what was found inside of the homes and buildings. Tattoo artist Keel shows a snap shot from his portfolio of a tattoo he did on a New Orleans fire department EMT who came into his shop after the disaster. The EMT already had a tattoo on his arm of the city's symbol of the star and the crescent moon shape that he wanted altered; He asked Keel to make a tattoo of the spray painted X with the date of Katrina and the total number of dead from the disaster. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Katrina4.jpg Katrina-NEIGHBORS Abandoned property and overgrown yards are unintentional monuments to Katrina and the communities caught in limbo. In the meantime, Charles Brimmer (backround center) has mowed his absent neighbor's property for the past five years on the Ninth Ward block that he and his family has lived. He does it mostly for his family's safety.His brother Calvin, visiting from California (right) helps him with the job. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Katrina6.jpg Katrina-TIME The former Gentilly Woods Shopping Center located along Chef Menteur Highway and Press Drive is surrounded by cyclone fencing sits abandoned. (Times Picayune:)The New Orleans Redevelopment Authority recently used public money to outbid a private developer for the abandoned Gentilly Woods Shopping Center, offering $700,000 more than its competitor to get direct control over a key recovery project site. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Katrina18.jpg Katrina- FAMILY Mother's Restaurant located at 401 Poydras St was one of the first restaurants to come back. They have their Katrina story written on the back of their menus:. When they returned after the storm and flood, the owners tried to locate their employees, bringing back longtime staff, considered part of the Mother's FAMILY. Many of them had lost their homes, so nine FEMA trailers were brought in to the parking lot next door where they stayed. On Oct 15th Mother's reopened. Vice Admiral Thad Allen , the head of the disaster relief effort, was their first customer. Although their menu was limited and hours shorter, as locals returned city, they came back to Mother's. Today it still is a favorite with locals, especially going to the Saints games down the street at the Superdome, but it also a big tourist draw. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Katrina15.jpg Katrina-PRIDE The Superdome was symbolic as a refuge of suffering and misery and abandonment by the federal government as the disaster unfolded. And now it's home to the current Super Bowl Champions where the hometown team, the New Orleans Saints, won the deciding game, at home and are now the pride of the city. James Kirt, 58, works in the facility's maintenance department and was power washing the exterior in preparation for the upcoming season. Mr Kirt evacuated when Katrina was approaching. He lived in Texas and returned to New Orleans after one year. https://cdn.neonsky.app/4bd5ebfa1547e/images/Katrina19.jpg Katrina-LIFE Unintentional monuments dedicated to the lost dogs of Katrina. An up and coming neighborhood in Bywater, which was not flooded during Katrina; reveals a scene along Dauphine Street where dogs and owner are out for their walk and regular routine in life.