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The Melpomene Projects, officially called the Guste Apartments, is located in Central City New Orleans and is one of the Housing Projects of New Orleans.

The complex occupies ten city blocks, bounded roughly by South Robertson Street, Clio Street, Simon Bolivar Avenue and Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard (formerly Melpomene Avenue). There were four three-story buildings and two four-story buildings for families and a high-rise for the elderly. At a peak height of 12 stories, the Guste high-rise is the tallest public housing complex in the city. It was also one of the most dangerous housing projects in Uptown New Orleans along with the Magnolia Projects and the Calliope Projects.

The Melpomene Project was constructed in 1964. The site was once made up of single and multi-family houses; by the late 1950s the city declared them slums which paved the way for the project. It is the youngest surviving housing project in New Orleans. The high-rise underwent major renovations in 2002. In 2004--05, three of the six low-rise buildings were demolished after failing to meet the Housing Authority of New Orleans' economic viability guidelines.

It is one of few housing projects in the city that survived Hurricane Katrina with minimal wind damage and no flood damage. Subsequently, the demolition of the remaining three low rise buildings has been put on hold.

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The Melpomene project, built in 1964 in Central City, originally consisted of a 12-story high-rise apartment building intended for the elderly, plus nearly 500 units for families. Rapper Katey Red grew up in the Melpomene, and gave its name to her first album, 1999's "Melpomene Block Party." The redeveloped Guste Homes, slated for demolition in 2004, includes several new wooden units on the HOPE VI model facing Martin Luther King Blvd. (which turns into Melpomene St. on the river side of St. Charles Ave.) plus the renovated high-rise and some of the original apartment units.