NEWORLEANS - A portion of the original Uptown Square shopping center on Broadway Street has been cleared for demolition to make way for an expansion of the Lambeth House senior living facility. Meanwhile, a historic Central City gas station will be preserved and the fate of a church next to Ochsner Baptist Medical Center will be postponed by a month, based on decisions Monday by the city's demolition-review panel.
The three-story building at 170 Broadway will be replaced with a three-story, 42-foot building no taller than the current building, said Scott Crabtree, CEO of Lambeth House, in an appearance Monday before the Neighborhood Conservation District Committee.
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