St. Charles Avenue is a wide thoroughfare in New Orleans, Louisiana. It runs through Uptown New Orleans, reflecting the the crescent curve of the Mississippi River some distance inland. It is the home of the world famous St. Charles Streetcar Line. It is also famous for the hundreds of mansions that adorn the tree-lined boulevard. Nickname: The Crescent City, The Big Easy, The City That Care Forgot, NOLA (acronym for New Orleans, LA) Location in the State of Louisiana and the United States Coordinates: Country United States State Louisiana Parish Orleans Founded 1718 Mayor Ray Nagin (D) Area    - City 350. ... Uptown is a large area of New Orleans, Louisiana. ... The Mississippi River, derived from the old Ojibwe word misi-ziibi meaning great river (gichi-ziibi big river at its headwaters), is the second-longest river in the United States; the longest is the Missouri River, which flows into the Mississippi. ... Mansion near Almelo, The Netherlands A mansion is a large and stately dwelling house for the wealthy. ...

For the first half of the 19th century, the portion of St. Charles above Lee Circle (then "Tivoli Circle") was known as "Nyades Street".

During the flooding of the majority of New Orleans in the aftermath of the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina in 2005 (see: Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans), St. Charles Avenue and the portion of Uptown closer to the river did not receive severe flooding. Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa; 26. ... {{Katrina) nathan cuff got on my compute ...