After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, New York-based photographer Alan Chin headed south to capture what the city looked like immediately after flooding. To commemorate the eight anniversary of the storm, Next City sent Paul Gargagliano to follow in Chin’s footsteps and see how far New Orleans has come along in its recovery.
What resulted is an eerie then-and-now series of photos showing such famous thoroughfares as St. Charles Avenue, St. Bernard Avenue and Canal Street. See the slideshow below for a dozen photos from a New Orleans both reacting to crisis and rebuilding itself in the long aftermath.
Gallery: Post-Katrina New Orleans: Then and Now
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On I-10 looking toward the river on Canal Street, 2005. Credit: Alan Chin
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Same view, 2013. Credit: Paul Gargagliano
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Looking south towards the river on St. Bernard Avenue, 2005. Credit: Alan Chin
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Same view, 2013. Credit: Paul Gargagliano
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Empty storefront on St. Charles Avenue between Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue and Terpsichore Street, 2005. Credit: Alan Chin
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Same storefront, 2013. Credit: Paul Gargagliano
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People being evacuated from a nursing home/hospital in the downtown medical district, 2005. Credit: Alan Chin
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Four doctors walking past Tulane Medical Center, 2013. Credit: Paul Gargagliano
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The elevated I-610, 2005. Credit: Alan Chin
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The 610 where Gentilly Boulevard passes under, 2013. Credit: Paul Gargagliano
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On the Lower Ninth side of the St. Claude Avenue bridge, looking north and west back toward the Industrial Canal (where the levee broke), 2005. Credit: Alan Chin
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The same building, 2013. Credit: Paul Gargagliano
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