Tom Piazza on the Importance of Charity Hospital

Tom Piazza is the New Orleans-based author of 'City of Refuge' and a writer for the upcoming HBO series 'Treme'. His book 'Why New Orleans Matters', written immediately after Hurricane Katrina, received the 2006 Humanities Book of the Year Award from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. Here Mr. Piazza speaks from about the importance of Charity Hospital from the porch of a Lower Mid-City home. "Charity is a central part of the community," he says. "New Orleans seems to be based, in large measure, on a respect for and an understanding of the past. If you lose that, you lose a lot of what makes the city what it is."

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I agree...how does one donate land/money for a a very specific purpose--as was done with Charity--without an acceptance and then a drastic change? It may have taken almost a couple of centuries, but the purpose of the donation was very clear. Sadly, it is always about money and power...and I live in San Diego...