The 14th Ward or Fourteenth Ward is a section of the city of
,
Louisiana
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, 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 cit ...
. The Ward was formed in 1870 from part of Jefferson City and the town of Greenville, which were annexed by New Orleans.
New Orleans Districts and Wards
Boundaries
The Ward is roughly shaped like a wide "L" stretching back from the Mississippi River
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. The lower boundary is Jefferson Avenue and then South Broad, across which is the 13th Ward. The upper boundary is Lowerline Street (formerly the lower boundary of the city of Carrollton with Greenville), across which is the 16th Ward. The back boundary is Washington Avenue, across which is a portion of the 2nd Ward.
Cityscape and landmarks
The Ward includes some of the most famous landmarks of Uptown New Orleans
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. The site of the World Cotton Centennial
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1884 World's Fair
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is now Audubon Zoo
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and Audubon Park. The area around the Park contains a number of architecturally-significant mansion
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s. Across Saint Charles Avenue
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, route of the famous St. Charles Avenue Streetcar, are Tulane University
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and Loyola University New Orleans
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.
The former site of Dominican College, just up from Broadway Street, is also in the Ward; it is now a satellite campus of Loyola. The "Fraternity
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Row" is along Broadway Street, and around Broadway Street and Freret Street is a cluster of businesses catering to the university communities. Notable commercial areas include the Uptown Square shopping center
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The first known collec ...
on Broadway, and the Calhoun Street area, back from Claiborne Avenue. Farther back from Claiborne Avenue, the Ward includes part of the Fountainbleau and Broadmoor
neighborhoods.
See also
* Audubon Park
*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 ...
References
Wards of New Orleans
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