The 12th Ward or Twelfth Ward is a division of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans. Nickname: The Crescent City, The Big Easy, The City That Care Forgot Official website: http://www. ... The city of New Orleans, Louisiana is divided into 17 Wards. ...

The Ward was formerly part of the old Jefferson City anexed by New Orleans in 1870.

The roughly wedge shaped Ward stretches back from the Mississippi River. The lower boundary is Toledano Street, across which is the 11th Ward; the upper boundary is Napoleon Avenue, across which is the 13th Ward, and the back boundary is South Broad, across which is a portion of the 14th Ward. It includes a section of Uptown New Orleans and part of the Broadmoor neighborhood. This article is about the river in the United States. ... The 13th Ward or Thirteenth Ward is a division of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. ... Uptown is a large area of New Orleans, Louisiana. ... Broadmoor is neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. ...

Landmarks include Touro Infirmary, Saint Charles General Hospital. Down from Napoleon Avenue are a series of streets perpendicular to the River named after the victories of Napoleon I. Constantinople Street was the home of the fictitious New Orleans character "Ignatius Reiley" in John Kennedy Toole's novel "A Confederacy of Dunces". Saint Charles Avenue, with the famous St. Charles Avenue Streetcar, cuts through the neighborhood, and is the route of many New Orleans Mardi Gras parades. The Columns Hotel, a small hotel converted from a 19th century mansion on St. Charles, was used as a location in the film "Pretty Baby". The Ward contains two branches of the New Orleans Public Library; the old Carnegie library on Napoleon just back from Magazine is now the city's Children's Resource Center library, and the Rosa Keller Branch at Broad & Napoleon. Portions of the fomer Magnolia C.J. Pete housing project along Louisiana Avenue is in the Ward. For other uses, see Napoleon (disambiguation). ... John Kennedy Toole (December 17, 1937 – March 26, 1969) was an American novelist, from New Orleans, Louisiana, best known for his novel A Confederacy of Dunces. ... A Confederacy of Dunces is a novel written by John Kennedy Toole, but not published during his lifetime. ... The St. ... Revelers, Frenchmen Street, Faubourg Marigny. ... Pretty Baby is a 1978 historical fiction dramatic film directed by Louis Malle. ... The New Orleans Public Library (NOPL) is the public library service of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. ... A Carnegie library, opened in 1913 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, designed in Spanish Colonial style Carnegie libraries for both public use and academic institutions were built with money donated by Scottish-American businessman Andrew Carnegie, earning him the nickname, the Patron Saint of Libraries. ... Public housing describes a form of housing tenure in which the property is owned by a government authority, which may be central or local. ...

The majority of the Ward back from St. Charles Avenue flooded in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. This article needs to be updated. ...