Now things are moving. The city is rising again. Since Hurricane Katrina, Zeitoun A Painting Company Contractor LLC has restored 114 houses to their former states, or improved versions thereof. Zeitoun bought a new van, and drives through the city, through Uptown, the Garden District, the French Quarter, Lakeview, the West Bank, Broadmoor, Metairie, Gentilly, the Lower Ninth, Mirabeau Gardens – and every time he sees a home under construction, no matter who’s doing it, he smiles. Build, he thinks. Build, build, build.
Zeitoun by Dave Eggers. Random House. 2010.
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