Desire Area is a neighborhood of the city of

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. A subdistrict of the Bywater District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Gentilly Boulevard to the north; the

Industrial Canal The Industrial Canal is a 5.5 mile (9 km) waterway in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The waterway's proper name, as used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and on NOAA nautical charts, is Inner Harbor Navigation Canal ( IHNC). ...

to the east; Florida Boulevard, Alvar Street, Higgins Boulevard, Piety Street, Pleasure Street, Oliver White Avenue, and Desire Street to the south; and People's Avenue to the west. It is part of the Upper 9th Ward.

Geography

Desire Area is located at and has an elevation of . According to the

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, the district has a total area of . of which is land and (6.01%) of which is water.

Adjacent neighborhoods

* Gentilly Woods (north) * Viavant/ Venetian Isles (east) * Bywater (south) *

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(south) * New

Desire Projects Desire Projects was a housing project located in the Ninth Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana. These projects were the largest in the nation and consisted of about 262 two-story brick buildings, containing about 1,860 units across 98.5 acres of lan ...

: Abundance Square (south) * Florida Area (south) * Gentilly Terrace (west)

Boundaries

The City Planning Commission defines the boundaries of Desire Area as these streets: Gentilly Boulevard, the Industrial Canal, Florida Boulevard, Alvar Street, Higgins Boulevard, Piety Street, Pleasure Street, Oliver White Avenue, Desire Street, and People's Avenue.

Demographics

Note: The below demographic data is for the Desire Development and Area as these census tracts were combined for the 2010 Census. As of the

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of 2000, there were 4,451 people, 1,587 households, and 1,125 families residing in the neighborhood. The

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was 2,204 /mi² (842 /km²). As of the

of 2010, there were 2,005 people, 678 households, and 502 families residing in the neighborhood. The racial makeup of the area was 2.40% White, 95.70% African American, and 0.50% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.40% of the population.

Education

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and the

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form the school system. George Washington Carver High School is the area public high school.Maxwell, Lesli A.
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''. Published online on September 27, 2007. Published in print on October 3, 2007 as "Up From the Ruins." Retrieved on April 1, 2013.

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