` My parents ' generation took something ugly like segregation and turned it into ... one of the most stable American neighborhoods , not only in this city , but around the country , '' he said . Americans could buy houses in Ninth Ward in the 1950s . Residents established a strong middle-class community , despite the limits of segregation . post-Katrina New Orleans uprooted the community , damaging every home . Today , four of Pontchartrain Park residents have returned .
Americans could buy houses in Ninth Ward in the 1950s . Residents established a strong middle-class community , despite the limits of segregation . post-Katrina New Orleans uprooted the community , damaging every home . Today , four of Pontchartrain Park residents have returned .