User:Jhnola/Neighborhoods in New Orleans


 * In 1980 the New Orleans City Planning Commission divided the city into 13 planning districts and 72 distinct neighborhoods.

See Orleans Parish neighborhood map

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 usage.

(District 1a) Central Business District - CBD

 * Central Business District
 * Originally a residential area, the Central Business District or CBD began commercialization after the Civil War.
 * In addition to the many commercial buildings in the area, the district houses many attractions including: The National World War II Museum, Mercedes Benz Superdome, Ernest N. Morial Convention Center, The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk, and The Smoothie King Center



(District 1b) Vieux Carre or French Quarter

 * Vieux Carré, also called the French Quarter
 * The most historic neighborhood in New Orleans, the Vieux Carre, houses several buildings built between 1974 and 1850. It is popular amongst locals, tourists, and historians alike due to its rich history and plethora of restaurants, shops, and attractions, including:
 * Bourbon Street, Canal Street, Audubon Aquarium of the Americas, French Market, St. Louis Cathedral, Jackson Square



(District 2) Central City / Garden District Area

 * Central City
 * East Riverside
 * Garden District
 * Irish Channel
 * Lower Garden District
 * Milan
 * St. Thomas Development
 * Touro
 * Faubourg Lafayette
 * Faubourg Livaudais

=== (District 3) Uptown / Carrollton Area ===


 * Audubon, also known as University
 * Black Pearl
 * Broadmoor
 * Dixon
 * East Carrollton
 * Freret
 * Hollygrove
 * Leonidas, also called West Carrollton
 * Fontainebleau, also called Marlyville
 * Uptown
 * West Riverside



(District 4) Mid-City Area



 * Bayou St. John
 * B.W. Cooper, formerly Calliope Projects
 * Fairgrounds
 * Faubourg St. John
 * Gert Town, also called Zion City
 * Iberville Development (Note: This area was built on the site of the infamous Storyville neighborhood.)
 * Mid-City
 * Parkview
 * Seventh Ward
 * St. Bernard Projects
 * Tremé/Lafitte
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(District 5) Lakeview Area



 * City Park
 * Lakeshore/Lake Vista
 * Lakeview
 * Lakewood
 * Country Club Gardens
 * Navarre
 * West End



(District 6) Gentilly Area



 * Dillard
 * Filmore
 * Gentilly Terrace
 * Gentilly Woods
 * Lake Terrace/Lake Oaks
 * Milneburg
 * Pontchartrain Park
 * St. Anthony

(District 7) Bywater Area



 * Bywater
 * Desire Area
 * New Desire Projects: Abundance Square
 * Faubourg Marigny
 * Florida Area
 * Florida Projects
 * St. Claude
 * Musicians' Village
 * St. Roch

(District 8) Lower Ninth Ward Area



 * Holy Cross
 * Lower Ninth Ward



(District 9) Eastern New Orleans Area



 * Little Woods, also called Edge Lake
 * Pines Village
 * Plum Orchard
 * Read Boulevard East, New Orleans|Read Boulevard East
 * Read Boulevard West, New Orleans|Read Boulevard West
 * West Lake Forest

(District 10) Village de L'Est

 * Village de L'Est
 * Michoud

(District 11) Venetian Isles / Lake Catherine



 * Viavant/Venetian Isles
 * Lake Catherine

(District 12) Algiers Area



 * Algiers Point
 * U.S. Naval Support Area
 * Aurora, also called Old Aurora; includes Huntlee Village and Walnut Bend
 * Behrman, New Orleans
 * Fischer Housing Development
 * McDonogh, formerly called McDonoghville
 * Tall Timbers / Brechtel
 * New Aurora (Includes River Park, Cut Off, and Lower Coast)

(District 13) English Turn Area

 * English Turn

Other divisions and designations
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 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 &#x2013; 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).