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St. Thomas Development was a notorious housing project in New Orleans, Louisiana. The project lay south of the Central City in the lower Garden District area. As defined by the City Planning Commission, its boundaries were Constance, St. Mary, Magazine Street and Felicity Streets to the north; the Mississippi River to the south; and 1st, St. Thomas, and Chippewa Streets, plus Jackson Avenue to the west. In the 1980s and 1990s, St. Thomas was one of the city’s most dangerous and impoverished housing developments. It made national headlines in 1992 after the deadly shooting of Eric Boyd. In 1982 Helen Prejean moved into the St. Thomas development in order to live and work with the poor. While there, Sister Helen began corresponding with Patrick Sonnier, who had been sentenced to death for th

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rdfs:comment	St. Thomas Development was a notorious housing project in New Orleans, Louisiana. The project lay south of the Central City in the lower Garden District area. As defined by the City Planning Commission, its boundaries were Constance, St. Mary, Magazine Street and Felicity Streets to the north; the Mississippi River to the south; and 1st, St. Thomas, and Chippewa Streets, plus Jackson Avenue to the west. In the 1980s and 1990s, St. Thomas was one of the city’s most dangerous and impoverished housing developments. It made national headlines in 1992 after the deadly shooting of Eric Boyd. In 1982 Helen Prejean moved into the St. Thomas development in order to live and work with the poor. While there, Sister Helen began corresponding with Patrick Sonnier, who had been sentenced to death for th (en)
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Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage	Dead Man Walking (film) DJ Jubilee Dead Man Walking (book) Public housing in New Orleans Mississippi River Housing Authority of New Orleans Neighborhoods in New Orleans Louisiana populated places on the Mississippi River Wal-Mart James Kirk diploma mills Census Helen Prejean Heroin White flight Population density New Orleans, Louisiana New Orleans neighborhoods U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
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has abstract	St. Thomas Development was a notorious housing project in New Orleans, Louisiana. The project lay south of the Central City in the lower Garden District area. As defined by the City Planning Commission, its boundaries were Constance, St. Mary, Magazine Street and Felicity Streets to the north; the Mississippi River to the south; and 1st, St. Thomas, and Chippewa Streets, plus Jackson Avenue to the west. In the 1980s and 1990s, St. Thomas was one of the city’s most dangerous and impoverished housing developments. It made national headlines in 1992 after the deadly shooting of Eric Boyd. In 1982 Helen Prejean moved into the St. Thomas development in order to live and work with the poor. While there, Sister Helen began corresponding with Patrick Sonnier, who had been sentenced to death for the murder of two teenagers. After witnessing the executions, she sat down and wrote a book, Dead Man Walking. The book inspired the 1995 film Dead Man Walking.In 1998 the project was demolished and replaced with mixed income "River Garden." (en)
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is Link from a Wikipage to another Wikipage of	List of museums in New Orleans 10th Ward of New Orleans Lory Schaff Lower Garden District, New Orleans Faubourg Lafayette Housing Authority of New Orleans Eric Boyd Al Copeland Irish Channel, New Orleans River Garden Neighborhoods in New Orleans St. Thomas Development, New Orleans St. Thomas Housing Project St. Thomas Housing Projects St. Thomas Project St. Thomas Projects
is Wikipage redirect of	St. Thomas Development, New Orleans St. Thomas Housing Project St. Thomas Housing Projects St. Thomas Project St. Thomas Projects
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