6500 block Franklin Ave

Photographed by maringouin

Today marks 53 days until August 29, 2010, the five-year anniversary of the failure of the federally built levees in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Each house, each X  of this photo journey represents a home where people lived, loved, laughed and cried in safety. August 29, 2005 shattered that feeling of safety forever. NOLAFemmes will post a home a day that still bears the “X” made by first responders searching the city for survivors. This journey began on day 60 — scroll down to see the previous entries.

I’m hoping this will evolve into a community effort in homage to those who lost so much and I’m inviting you to send in your photos of X-marked homes to be published here. If you’re interested in participating, please email your photo with the street name and a link to your website, if you have one, to nolafemmes at gmail dot com and put “Photo Journey” in the subject line.