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Map showing the first 11 Wards of New Orleans, c. 1870 or before. Most of the boundaries of Wards 1 through 11 were drawn in 1852 when the city was reorganized from three separate municipalities into one centralized government. [2] With various changes, these boundaries remain largely the same, and have not changed at all since the 1880s. [1]
House on the 7th Ward side of Esplanade Avenue. The 7th Ward (Seventh Ward) is a legally defined voting ward and a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans.A sub-district of the Mid-City District Area, its boundaries as defined by the New Orleans City Planning Commission are: A.P. Tureaud Avenue, Agriculture, Allen, Industry, St. Anthony, Duels, Frenchmen and Hope Streets to the north, Elysian ...
The state of Louisiana is served by the following area codes: 225, which serves the Baton Rouge area and parts of south central Louisiana; 318,457 which serves northern Louisiana; 337, which serves southwestern Louisiana; 504, which serves the New Orleans area; 985, which serves the sections of southeast Louisiana which are not within the 504 ...
A ZIP Code (an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan [1]) is a system of postal codes used by the United States Postal Service (USPS). The term ZIP was chosen to suggest that the mail travels more efficiently and quickly [2] (zipping along) when senders use the code in the postal address.
Gentilly is a broad, predominantly middle-class and racially diverse section of New Orleans, Louisiana.The Gentilly neighborhood is bounded by Lake Pontchartrain to the north, France Road to the east, Bayou St. John to the west, and CSX Transportation railroad tracks to the south.
John Churchill Chase (1st Edition was published in 1949.) (1997).Frenchmen, Desire, Good Children and Other Streets of New Orleans, 3rd Edition.Touchstone. {{}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list ISBN 0-684-84570-9
At the end of Elysian Fields where it meets the lake. Lakeshore Drive runs along the south shore of Lake Pontchartrain. It is a recreational park space along the lake used for sun bathing, running, swimming (Swimming is allowed only by the Seabrook Bridge and you can only swim to a certain point), fishing and crabbing on the seawall steps, and leisurely walks, etc.
Bernice was incorporated that same year, and the railroad depot was built soon after. A 1901 picture of Louisiana Street includes the depot, and a c. 1905 interior photograph shows the agent and several local citizens. Restored, today the station is operated as the Depot Museum, displaying a collection of Bernice memorabilia.