That Calliope

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The B.W. Cooper Apartments, better known as the Calliope (pronounced KAL-ee-ope) Projects, is now in the process of being demolished. Back in the late 1980’s, though, it was infamous for its high crime rate. Says one writer:

The Calliope Projects (or simply Calliope to the locals) are among the most notorious in Uptown New Orleans and the United States along with the Magnolia Projects. The drug trade and subsequent violence from it were two of the primary reasons New Orleans was nicknamed the “Murder Capital of the U.S.”

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