In parts of the Lower Ninth Ward, people who want to rebuild their houses will have to find their land first. When the levees enclosing the Industrial Canal failed during Hurricane Katrina last August, most of this poor black neighbourhood disappeared. Its most prominent landmark is now a hulking barge that escaped from the canal and lies stranded in a wasteland. Farther away from the levee breach, buildings still look like buildings; but they have been ripped off their foundations and tangled up with other structures. Apart from a few carloads of gawk-ers and an encampment of earnest students, the area is devoid of life.
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