The World

In the Lower Ninth Ward, Melba Leggett lives in what she calls “the #4 Brad Pitt house.” In Gentilly, Ommeed Sathe says the community is hoping a strip mall will help bring back residents. And trumpeter Troy Sawyer describes how he ended up in the Habitat for Humanity Musicians’ Village. Produced by Eve Troeh.

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