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The 8th Ward of New Orleans, also known as the Lower Ninth Ward, was originally a political district in the city of Louisiana but has changed into a cultural significance by its residents. New Orleans' traditions consists of hip hop and jazz music which are incorporated into Jazz & Heritage Festivals. The 8th Ward has an estimated 2019 population of 4,074. Downriver, East of Elysian Fields to Almonaster is the 8th Ward of which St. Roch neighborhood is centered along St. Roch Avenue. The 8th Ward has a line straight north into the Lake at part of the University of New Orleans campus.

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The St. Roch neighborhood contains landmarks like Our Lady Star of the Sea Church. The Our lady Star of the Sea Church was founded on December 25, 2011 and has just marked its 100th Anniversary of being a Faith Community. The Parish was founded by Archbishop James Hubert Blank. The land was purchased as the first "real" church for the community. The church is of Greek cruciform (cross) style with red brick and carved white stone exterior. The 8th Ward is also home to the Venusian Gardens which is another historic church built in 1854. This church has been converted into an art gallery that features are and sculptures. There are spaces with displays of neon and glass jellyfish suspended overhead. The Venusian Gardens can be used for weddings, receptions, and private dinner parties. The Almonaster Avenue Bridge, which is Downriver, East from Elysian Fields, is a bridge in New Orleans of two vehicular lanes of Almonaster Avenue and two railroad tracks over the Industrial Canal. The bridges' significance comes from it being one of the first four bridges built by the Port of New Orleans.

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The 8th Ward has remained under-developed with drainage systems until the 20th century. The 8th Ward consists of lake Pontchartrain and the Pontchartrain railroad which ran for almost 100 years. The 8th Ward being home to the extent of 5,000 people is what makes this ward the smallest in the New Orleans area. The 8th Ward stretches from the Mississippi river into the South and then to Lake Pontchartrain in the North. Among all the wards in New Orleans, the 8th Ward is considered one of the poorest.

The 8th Ward was originally labeled as the Old Eighth Ward Street and considered the heart of Harrisburg's African American, Jewish, and Immigrant neighborhoods in the late 19th century. In the colonial times, traveling in the 8th Ward consisted of moving across the Mississippi River to the South of Bayou Road, taking Bayou St. to head West, and the Gentilly Rd to the North. The Lower Line Protection levee in the back of People's Avenue Canal marks the City limit of New Orleans. Theodore M. Hickey had representation of the 8th Ward in the Louisiana State Senate from 1955 to 1957 and once again from 1963 to 1984. Most of the 8th Ward was not developed residentially until the 20th century; part of it over an old city landfill and dump. Problem ridden even before Katrina with crime-ridden housing projects and neighborhoods built atop the old dump suffering from toxins leaking up in the soil, it was one of the worst hit parts of Greater New Orleans in the levee failure disaster in 2005.

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Neighborhoods that have a bad reputation because of significant spikes in New Orleans' crime rates are Viavant-Venetian Isles and Tulane-Gravier.