Yes, but why bother?

NEW ORLEANS -- Urban planners at three universities are challenging the notion that the city's Ninth Ward must be rebuilt from scratch, reporting in a new survey that the predominantly black neighborhoods can be brought back largely as they existed before Hurricane Katrina flooded them.

"The structural integrity of the buildings, even in the most devastated areas, are in much better condition than has been reported," said Kenneth Reardon, chair of Cornell University's Department of City and Regional Planning.

This is good news indeed! Perhaps housing authorities in Chicago will be able to bring back Cabrini-Green just like it was before!