Pontchartrain Park, New Orleans

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district = District 6, Gentilly District
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Pontchartrain Park is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Gentilly District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Leon C. Simon Drive to the north, the Industrial Canal to the east, Dreux Avenue to the south and People's Avenue to the west.

Geography

Pontchartrain Park is located at coor dms|30|01|19|N|90|02|25|W|city GR|1 and has an elevation of convert|0|ft|1GR|3. According to the United States Census Bureau, the district has a total area of convert|1.00|sqmi|1. convert|0.93|sqmi|1 of which is land and convert|0.07|sqmi|1 (7.0%) of which is water.

Adjacent Neighborhoods

* Lake Terrace/Lake Oaks (north)
* Pines Village (east)
* Gentilly Woods (south)
* Milneburg (west)

Boundaries

The City Planning Commission defines the boundaries of Pontchartrain Park as these streets: Leon C. Simon Drive, the Industrial Canal, Dreux Avenue and People's Avenue. [cite web|url=http://gnocdc.org/orleans/6/31/index.html|title=Pontchartrain Park Neighborhood|author=Greater New Orleans Community Data Center|accessdate=2008-06-21]

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 2,630 people, 1,009 households, and 736 families residing in the neighborhood. The population density was 2,828 /mi² (1,096 /km²).

History

Pontchartrain Park was developed after World War II. It was one of the first suburb subdivisions developed by and for middle class African Americans during the Jim Crow era of racial segregation in Louisiana. Pontchartrain Park includes a golf course; it has been home to such prominent New Orleanians as mayors Dutch Morial and Marc Morial and district attorney Eddie Jordan. Adjacent to the Pontchartrain Park golf course is the campus of Southern University at New Orleans.

Pontchartrain Park flooded badly in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, taking on water first from over topping of a section of floodwall of the Industrial Canal from storm surge channeled in to the city from the MRGO Canal, then from the major breaches in the London Avenue Canal.

ee also

* New Orleans neighborhoods
* Gentilly, New Orleans

References

External links

* [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5036200 NPR story: Return to Pontchartrain Park]