October 31, 2015
Action Report: Experts Saving Historic Lakefront Airport Murals

NEW ORLEANS -- Art restoration expert Elise Grenier and her team are saving 80-year-old murals of Paris and New York that have been covered for decades after Lakefront Airport was renovated in the 1960s.

"This is meticulous work," Grenier said. "Inch by inch we're removing layers of time, and man made damage, and so on to the paintings, and they're actually in very good condition underneath."
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Feb 9, 2015
Save the Murals 2015 Clancy Dubos, Jim Tucker, Councilmember Jared Brossett, Wilma Heaton, and Councilmember James Gray

Clancy DuBos, Jim Tucker, City Councilmember Jared Brossett, Wilma Heaton and City Councilmember James Gray at "Save the Murals" at New Orleans Lakefront Airport, Mon. Feb. 9, 2015. (photo by Harold Spinner; supplied by Save the Murals)
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Feb 7, 2012
Lakefront Airport to build 3 hangars
The Lakefront Airport has received enough money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to replace the James Wedell Hangar that was destroyed during Hurricane Katrina, according to an official who oversees the facility. FEMA awarded Lakefront Airport about $7.3 million from their public assistance grant to build a replacement facility for the James Wedell Hangar.
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Feb 7, 2012
Lakefront Airport to build 3 hangars ahead of 2013 Super Bowl
The Lakefront Airport has received enough money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to replace the James Wedell Hangar that was destroyed during Hurricane Katrina, according to an official who oversees the facility. FEMA awarded Lakefront Airport about $7.3 million from their public assistance grant to build a replacement facility for the James Wedell Hangar. It will be one of three new hangars the airport is planning on opening by the 2013 Super Bowl. Bidding for the Walter Wedell Hangar should begin in the next couple of weeks when money is allocated, said Louis Capo, executive director of the Non-Flood Protection Asset Management Authority.
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