Lower Garden District, New Orleans

Geobox Neighborhood
name = Lower Garden District
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category = New Orleans Neighborhood

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country = United States
state = Louisiana
region_type = City
region = New Orleans
district_type = Planning District
district = District 2, Central City/Garden District
area_imperial = 1.16
area_land_imperial = 0.95
area_water_imperial = 0.21
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population = 6116
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Lower Garden District is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Central City/Garden District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: St. Charles Avenue, Felicity, Thalia, Magazine and Julia Streets to the north, the New Orleans Morial Convention Center, Crescent City Connection and Mississippi River to the east, Felicity, Magazine and Constance Streets, Jackson Avenue, Chippewa and Soraparu Streets to the south and 1st Street to the west.

Geography

Lower Garden District is located at coor dms|29|56|02|N|90|04|12|W|city GR|1 and has an elevation of convert|6|ft|1GR|3. According to the United States Census Bureau, the district has a total area of convert|1.16|mi2|1. convert|0.95|mi2|1 of which is land and convert|0.21|mi2|1 (18.1%) of which is water.

Adjacent Neighborhoods

* Central Business District (north)
* Mississippi River (east)
* St. Thomas Development (south)
* Irish Channel (west)
* Garden District (west)
* Central City (west)

Boundaries

The City Planning Commission defines the boundaries of Lower Garden District as these streets: St. Charles Avenue, Felicity Street, Thalia Street, Magazine Street, Julia Street, the New Orleans Morial Convention Center, Crescent City Connection, Mississippi River, Felicity Street, Magazine Street, Constance Street, Jackson Avenue, Chippewa Street, Soraparu Street and 1st Street. [cite web|url=http://gnocdc.org/orleans/2/71/index.html|title=Lower Garden District Neighborhood|author=Greater New Orleans Community Data Center|accessdate=2008-06-21]

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 6,116 people, 3,332 households, and 998 families residing in the neighborhood. The population density was 6,438 /mi² (2,446 /km²).

Notable residents

* Mike Williams, singer for Eyehategod, used to live in the Lower Garden District until his house was burnt down.cite web|url=http://www.decibelmagazine.com/upfront/feb2006/eyehategod.aspx| title=Mike Williams’ eternal sludge bender rages on with a new book and Eyehategod’s first new material in five years. | author = J. Bennet
date= February 2006
work=Decibel Magazine | accessdate=2008-09-06]

ee also

* New Orleans neighborhoods

References