Neighborhoods in New Orleans

The city planning commission for New Orleans divided the city into 13 planning districts and 73[1] distinct neighborhoods in 1980. Although initially in the study 68 neighborhoods were designated, and later increased by the City Planning Commission to 76 in October 2001 based in census data,[2] most planners, neighborhood associations, researchers, and journalists have since widely adopted the 73 as the number and can even trace the number back to the early 1900s.[1] While most of these assigned boundaries match with traditional local designations, some others differ from common traditional use. This is a result of the city planning commission's wish to divide the city into sections for governmental planning and zoning purposes without crossing United States census tract boundaries. While most of the listed names have been in common use by New Orleanians for generations, some designated names are rarely heard outside the planning commission's usage.

East Bank edit

French Quarter / CBD, Warehouse (Districts 1a & 1b)[3][4][5] edit

Central City / Garden District Area (District 2)[6] edit

Uptown / Carrollton Area (District 3)[7] edit

Mid-City Area (District 4)[5] edit

Lakeview Area (District 5)[8] edit

Gentilly Area (District 6)[9] edit

Marigny, Bywater, St. Claude, St. Roch, Desire (District 7)[10][5] edit

Lower Ninth Ward Area/Holy Cross (District 8)[11] [5] edit

Eastern New Orleans edit

New Orleans East (District 9)[12] edit

Village de L'Est (District 10) edit

Venetian Isles / Lake Catherine (District 11) edit

West Bank edit

Algiers Area (District 12)[13] edit

English Turn Area (District 13) edit

Latitude and longitude of neighborhoods edit

NeighborhoodLongitudeLatitude
U.S. NAVAL BASE-90.0260925329.94608469
ALGIERS POINT-90.051605729.95246187
WHITNEY-90.0423574429.94720026
AUDUBON-90.1214504229.93299437
OLD AURORA-89.9953° W[14]29.92444011
B. W. COOPER-90.0917530129.95177397
BAYOU ST. JOHN-90.0865173329.97607064
BEHRMAN-90.0264358529.9348167
BLACK PEARL-90.1348829329.93589521
BROADMOOR-90.1038122229.9465681
MARLYVILLE - FONTAINEBLEAU-90.1134681729.95300103
GERT TOWN-90.1058292429.96028871
MID-CITY-90.0993919429.97040133
ST. CLAUDE-90.0392675429.97181404
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT-90.0744581229.95002632
FRENCH QUARTER-90.0643730229.95883865
CENTRAL CITY-90.08668929.93946537
LAKE CATHERINE-89.7610473630.08810775
VILLAGE DE LEST-89.9011230530.07325354
VIAVANT - VENETIAN ISLES-89.94575530.00311157
NEW AURORA - ENGLISH TURN-89.9419784529.90732938
TALL TIMBERS - BRECHTEL-90.0133895929.91030537
FISCHER DEV-90.0415420529.93239931
McDONOGH-90.0514125829.94340726
LOWER GARDEN DISTRICT-90.0681495729.93485389
ST. THOMAS DEV-90.0709819829.92436572
EAST RIVERSIDE-90.0943279329.91960476
IRISH CHANNEL-90.0856590329.91633148
TOURO-90.0954437329.923845
MILAN-90.0983619729.93254808
UPTOWN-90.1078891829.92644857
WEST RIVERSIDE-90.1167297429.91618269
EAST CARROLLTON-90.1269435929.94474598
FRERET-90.107116729.93715966
GARDEN DISTRICT-90.0850582129.92793629
LEONIDAS-90.1309776329.95359597
HOLLYGROVE-90.1229953829.96727842
TULANE - GRAVIER-90.0852298729.95961945
TREME - LAFITTE-90.0744152129.96727842
SEVENTH WARD-90.0665187829.97642379
MARIGNY-90.0558757829.96504771
ST. ROCH-90.0520992329.98214852
DIXON-90.1132106829.97151663
LAKEWOOD-90.119991329.98549398
NAVARRE-90.1103782729.98846764
CITY PARK-90.0937271129.99917205
LAKEVIEW-90.1083183330.00660499
WEST END-90.1186180130.01366576
LAKESHORE - LAKE VISTA-90.0978469830.02325275
FILMORE-90.0770759630.01054422
ST. BERNARD AREA-90.0801658629.99523236
DILLARD-90.0659179729.99865172
ST. ANTHONY-90.0657463130.01515218
LAKE TERRACE & OAKS-90.0642013530.02867753
MILNEBURG-90.05424530.01916539
PONTCHARTRAIN PARK-90.0393104630.0219894
GENTILLY WOODS-90.0370788630.00994963
GENTILLY TERRACE-90.0523567230.00370621
DESIRE AREA-90.0333023129.99389432
FLORIDA AREA-90.0374221829.98021553
FLORIDA DEV-90.0325298329.98170245
LOWER NINTH WARD-90.0130462629.96891424
BYWATER-90.030212429.96534514
HOLY CROSS-90.0178527829.95508328
PINES VILLAGE-90.0221443230.01916539
PLUM ORCHARD-90.0018882830.01604402
READ BLVD WEST-89.9792289730.02005719
READ BLVD EAST-89.9551963830.03551382
WEST LAKE FOREST-89.9921035830.0270427
LITTLE WOODS-89.9838638330.04190384
FAIRGROUNDS-90.079436329.98621882
IBERVILLE-90.0736856529.95949861

Other divisions and designations edit

There are a number of traditional and historic divisions of New Orleans which may still be commonly heard of in conversation, but which do not correspond with New Orleans City Planning Commission designations.

The 19th-century division of the city along the axis of Canal Street into downtown and uptown is a prime example. Various areas of the modern city which were separate towns in the past, such as Algiers and Carrollton, continue to be spoken of – but now as neighborhoods. The large area to the east of the Industrial Canal and north of the Mississippi River-Gulf Outlet Canal, little developed until the last third of the 20th century, is often referred to as Eastern New Orleans (or "New Orleans East", although that term usually refers to a smaller subset of the area).

Another example is the use of the Wards as means of neighborhood identification for the city's residents. Originally created in 1805 with only 7 wards designated, there now are 17 in total.[15] Socially among locals the wards are divided by the ones located "uptown" and the ones located "downtown". Later in the 1980's there was a rise in the use of them as cultural identifiers with the emergence of bounce music and the recognition of the different dialects within them.[16]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Campanella, Richard (June 1, 2011). "City neighborhoods: a matter of evolving perception". The Lens. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "Neighborhood Definition". www.datacenterresearch.org. 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2022.
  3. ^ Planning District 1a (Map). March 6, 2015. Archived from the original on March 6, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  4. ^ Planning District 1b (Map). March 6, 2015. Archived from the original on March 6, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  5. ^ a b c d "Planning districts and neighborhoods" (PDF).
  6. ^ Planning District 2 (Map). March 6, 2015. Archived from the original on March 6, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  7. ^ Planning District 3 (Map). October 16, 2014. Archived from the original on October 16, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  8. ^ Planning District 5 (Map). February 22, 2015. Archived from the original on February 22, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  9. ^ Planning District 6 (Map). July 27, 2015. Archived from the original on July 27, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  10. ^ Planning District 7 (Map). March 22, 2015. Archived from the original on March 22, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  11. ^ Planning District 8 (Map). September 14, 2014. Archived from the original on September 14, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  12. ^ Planning District 9 (Map). December 28, 2014. Archived from the original on December 28, 2014. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  13. ^ Planning District 12 (Map). March 6, 2015. Archived from the original on March 6, 2015. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
  14. ^ "old aurora latitude longitude - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  15. ^ "New Orleans Ward Boundaries". nutrias.org. Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  16. ^ "The Wards of New Orleans |". Retrieved July 24, 2022.
  • Data Analysis Unit, Economic Development Division, City of New Orleans (1985). An overview of New Orleans.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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