The 11th Ward or Eleventh Ward is a division of the city of
, USA. The 11th Ward is one of the 17
Wards of New Orleans
The city of New Orleans, in the U.S. state of Louisiana, is divided into 17 wards. Politically, the wards are used in voting in elections, subdivided into precincts. Under various previous city charters of the 19th century, aldermen and later ci ...
.
[ New Orleans Districts and Wards]
The Ward was formerly part of the old Lafayette Faubourg annexed by New Orleans in the 1850s. It is part of
Uptown New Orleans
Uptown is a section of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States, on the east bank of the Mississippi River, encompassing a number of neighborhoods (including the similarly-named and smaller Uptown area) between the French Quarter and the Jefferso ...
.
Boundaries
The roughly wedge-shaped Ward stretches back from the
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the second-longest river and chief river of the second-largest drainage system in North America, second only to the Hudson Bay drainage system. From its traditional source of Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota, it fl ...
. The lower boundary is First Street, across which is the
10th Ward, then
Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard (formerly Melpomene Avenue), across which is the
2nd Ward. The upper boundary is Toledano Street, across which is the
12th Ward. A large portion of this ward is in the
Garden District.
Cityscape and landmarks
The Ward includes portions of the
Irish Channel,
Garden District, most of Faubourg Delassize, and a number of housing projects. Landmarks include
Lafayette Cemetery,
Commander's Palace
Commander's Palace is a Louisiana Creole restaurant in New Orleans, Louisiana.
History
Commander's Palace was established in 1893 in the Garden District of Uptown New Orleans at 1403 Washington Ave.
Emile Commander established a small sal ...
, and
Thomy Lafon School. The majority of the
Magnolia Projects
The Magnolia Projects, officially the C. J. Peete Public Housing Development, was one of the Housing Projects of New Orleans. As part of the ongoing redevelopment, the area has been renamed Harmony Oaks. The project was among the largest, hous ...
are in the 11th Ward.
References
Wards of New Orleans
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