Hollygrove, New Orleans

Geobox Neighborhood
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country = United States
state = Louisiana
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region = New Orleans
district_type = Planning District
district = District 3, Uptown/Carrollton
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Hollygrove is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans, located in the city's 17th Ward. A subdistrict of the Uptown/Carrollton Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Palmetto Street to the north, Cambronne, Edinburgh, Forshey, Fig and Leonidas Streets to the east, South Claiborne Avenue to the south and Jefferson Parish to the west.

Geography

Hollygrove is located at coor dms|29|57|57|N|90|07|16|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|0.62|mi2|1. convert|0.62|mi2|1 of which is land and convert|0.00|mi2|1 (0.0%) of which is water.

Adjacent Neighborhoods

* Lakewood (north)
* Dixon (northeast)
* Gert Town (east)
* Leonidas (south)
* Jefferson Parish (west)

Boundaries

The City Planning Commission defines the boundaries of Hollygrove as these streets: Palmetto Street, Cambronne Street, Edinburgh Street, Forshey Street, Fig Street Leonidas Street, South Claiborne Avenue and the Monticello Canal. [cite web|url=http://gnocdc.org/orleans/3/12/index.html|title=Hollygrove Neighborhood|author=Greater New Orleans Community Data Center|accessdate=2008-06-21]

Demographics

As of the censusGR|2 of 2000, there were 6,919 people, 2,655 households, and 1,803 families residing in the neighborhood. The population density was 11,160 /mi² (4,323 /km²).

History

This low flood prone area within the city limits was little developed until the 1920s with improved drainage (see Drainage in New Orleans), however problems with inadequate drainage remained despite additional improvement projects in the 1960s.

Hollygrove grew into a predominantly African-American neighborhood of single and double house homes (a slight majority owner occupied) and small neighborhood business.

Hollygrove, along with most of the city, flooded in the catastrophic failure of the Federal levee system during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Notable people from Hollygrove

The Hollygrove neighborhood has produced many notable musical artists, including:

* Johnny Adams, R&B singer
* Theryl DeClouet, member of Galactic
* Fiend, rapper
* Lil Wayne, rapper
* Mack Maine, rapper
* Scott Niedermyer, writer Fact|date=October 2007
* DJ Hollygrove, First New Orleans Chop and Screw DJ, TOP Myspace Artist in the Genre of Turntablism or DJ in TEXASFact|date=September 2008
* Sporty T, rapper

ee also

* New Orleans neighborhoods

References

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