The Life-Sized City

New Orleans

When Hurricane Katrina ravaged the United States' Gulf Region in 2005, killing over 1800 people, displacing over a million, and causing over 151 billion US dollars in damages, New Orleans was caught in the eye of the storm. The city itself lost nearly half of its population. Fifteen years later, the recovery is ongoing and has taken the form of mass tourism that is pushing out locals. But the city's resilience lies in its strong, multifaceted culture, and in its history of overcoming adversity.