Abandoned behemoth: What next for Katrina-damaged hospital?

NEW ORLEANS- Urban planning experts are about to release their recommendations for the future of the abandoned Charity Hospital building in New Orleans.  The 20-story, million-square-foot art deco building operated from 1939 until 2005. The state-owned facility never reopened after levee failures during Hurricane Katrina caused catastrophic flooding. Various ideas for redevelopment over the years have fizzled. Among them, a 2013 proposal that the building be converted