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Uptown is a large area of New Orleans, Louisiana. Uptown encompasses a number of neighborhoods on the East Bank of the Mississippi River between the French Quarter and the Jefferson Parish line which were developed in the 19th century. Uptown has one of Greater New Orleans most diverse populations in terms of economics, race, and ethnic groups. It remains an area of mixed residential and small commercial properties, with a wealth of 19th century architecture. Uptown New Orleans contains over 200,000 of New Orleans' pre-Katrina population of 475,000. Nickname: The Big Easy Motto: Official website: http://www. ...
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French Quarter: upper Chartres street looking down towards Jackson Square and the spires of St. ...
Location in the state of Louisiana Formed Seat Gretna Area - Total - Water 1,664 km² (642 mi²) 870 km² (336 mi²) 52. ...
Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Boundaries and Definitions Historically, "Uptown" was a direction, meaning in the direction against the flow of the Mississippi. After the Louisiana Purchase, many settlers from other parts of the United States developed their homes and businesses in the area up river from the older Creole city. In the 19th century Canal Street was known as the dividing line between "Uptown" and "Downtown New Orleans", the boundary between the predominantly Francophone area down river and the predominantly Anglophone area up river. From Frank Bond, Louisiana and the Louisiana Purchase. ...
The term Louisiana Creole refers to people of any race or mixture thereof who are descended from settlers in colonial Louisiana before it became part of the USA in 1803 with the Louisiana Purchase, or to the culture and Creole cuisine typical of these people. ...
Canal Street is a major thoroughfare in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
In New Orleans, Louisiana, downtown refers to areas along the Mississippi River down-river (roughly east) from Canal Street, including the French Quarter, Treme, Faubourg Marigny, the Bywater, the 9th Ward, and other neighborhoods. ...
French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ...
The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...
The very broadest definition of "Uptown", coming from this historic definition of being everything upriver from Canal, encompasses about 1/3rd of the city. The narrowest, as a New Orleans City Planning neighborhood, refers to an area of only some dozen blocks centering around the intersection of Jefferson and St. Charles. Neither of these is what most New Orleanians of recent generations usually mean by "Uptown". While some may quibble about some exact boundaries, "Uptown" generally refers to the areas of the city closer to the River up from the Central Business District.
The boundaries of "Uptown National Historic District" designated by the US Federal Government are the river to Claiborne Avenue, Jackson Avenue to Broadway. Adjacent areas which are often colloquially refered to as parts of Uptown are other National Historical Districts, Carrollton, The Garden District, Irish Channel, and Lower Garden District.
Development Uptown was developed during the 19th century, mostly from land that had been plantations in the Colonial era. Several sections were originally developed as separate towns, like Lafayette, Jefferson City, Greenville, and Carrollton, but were annexed by New Orleans as the city expanded upriver. A plantation is an intentional planting of a crop, on a larger scale, usually for uses other than cereal production or pasture. ...
People from other parts of the United States settled Uptown in the 19th century, joined by immigrants, notably from Italy, Ireland, and Germany. Uptown has always had a sizable African American population. Census data shows that ethnically and racially mixed blocks were common Uptown in the 19th and early 20th century, which continues to be the case today. An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...
Cityscape
 Shops along Magazine Street, March 2005 Uptown was built along the higher ground along an old natural river levee of a wide gradual bend of the Mississippi. Streets were laid out either roughly paralleling the River's curve or perpendicular to it, resulting in what has been called a "wheel with spokes" street pattern (with the hub inland from Uptown, in the Broadmoor and Mid City areas). Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1176x735, 262 KB) Shops along Magazine Street, Uptown New Orleans. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1176x735, 262 KB) Shops along Magazine Street, Uptown New Orleans. ...
Major roadways echoing the river's crescent include Tchoupitoulas Street closest to the river. Formerly heavily devoted to river shipping commerce, as shipping became more containerized in the later 20th century more of Tchoupitoulas became devoted to residential and other commercial uses. The next major street back is Magazine. While Magazine Street has only one lane of traffic in both directions, it is a major commercial district, known for its many locally owned shops, restaurants, and art galleries. Prytania Street is the next major street inland, although it extends only up to Jefferson Avenue as a major thoroughfare. Next is famous St. Charles Avenue, home to the St. Charles Avenue Streetcar line. St. Charles was the city's "millionaire's row" in the 19th century, and a good number of the architecturally significant old mansions still stand along St. Charles, but much of it has more recently built apartment buildings and commercial establishments as well. Further back, the streets Simon Boliver, La Salle, and Freret form another parallel with the river. Furthest back is wide Claiborne Avenue, which until the early 20th century had a canal running down its neutral ground, and in much of Uptown was the back boundary of developed area until the drainage pumps designed by A. Baldwin Wood were installed (see: Drainage in New Orleans). The St. ...
Albert Baldwin Wood (December 1, 1879 - May 10, 1956) was an inventor and engineer from New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
Drainage in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana has been a major concern and an important facor in the History of New Orleans since the citys founding in the early 18th century. ...
Major "spokes" perpendicular to the river include Melpomene/Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Jackson, Washington, Louisiana, Napoleon, Jefferson, Nashville Avenues, Broadway, Carrollton Avenue, and Leonidas Street. Many of these were formerly the main streets of or boundary lines between the various early 19th century towns which were absorbed into the city.
Near the upper end of Uptown, on and around the land used for the 1884 World's Fair "World Cotton Centennial", are Uptown landmarks Audubon Park, Tulane University, and Loyola University New Orleans. A Worlds Fair is any of various large expositions held since the mid 19th century. ...
The 1884 Worlds Fair was held in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
Audubon Park is a city park located in New Orleans. ...
Tulane University Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian university located in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
Loyola University New Orleans is a private, co-educational Jesuit university in the United States with 5,900 students (3800 undergraduates). ...
Neighborhoods and sections in Uptown Important neighborhoods and sections of Uptown include, going roughly upriver from Canal Street: Some definitions of Uptown also include areas back from Claiborne such as the Broadmoor and Fontainbleau neighborhoods. The Central Business District is an area of New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
Central City is an area in the Uptown section of New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
The Garden District is a residential area of New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
The 14th Ward or Fourteenth Ward is a division of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans. ...
Carrollton is a neighborhood of uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. It is the part of uptown New Orleans furthest up river from the French Quarter. ...
Broadmoor is neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
Uptowners Notable Uptowners have included jazz musicians Buddy Bolden, George Brunies, Percy Humphrey, Joe Oliver, Leon Roppolo, singers the Boswell Sisters and Mahalia Jackson, and inventor A. Baldwin Wood. Jazz master Louis Armstrong remains one of the most loved and best known of all jazz musicians. ...
Buddy Bolden Charles Buddy Bolden (September 6, 1877 - November 4, 1931) was a trumpeter and the first New Orleans jazz musician ever to come to prominence. ...
George Brunies aka Georg Brunis (February 6, 1902 - November 19, 1974) was a well known early jazz trombonist. ...
Percy Gaston Humphrey (1905-1995) was a jazz trumpet player and bandleader in New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
Joe King Oliver, (December 19, 1885 - April 8, 1938) was a bandleader and jazz musician. ...
Leon Roppolo (March 16, 1902 - October 5, 1943) was a prominent early jazz clarinetist, best known for his playing with the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. ...
The Boswell Sisters on the cover of the reissue album collection Thats How Rhythm Was Born The Boswell Sisters were a singing group that attained national prominence in the USA in the 1930s. ...
Mahalia Jackson Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911–January 27, 1972) was an African American gospel singer, widely regarded as the best in the history of the genre. ...
Albert Baldwin Wood (December 1, 1879 - May 10, 1956) was an inventor and engineer from New Orleans, Louisiana. ...
Hurricane Katrina - Main article: Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans
When Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans in 2005, the great winds damaged structures Uptown as they did throughout the Metro area. Hardly a block of Uptown lacked buildings that needed major roof repair and suffered blown out windows; here and there buildings collapsed from the winds. This article needs to be updated. ...
Hurricane Katrina was the eleventh named tropical storm, fifth hurricane, third major hurricane, and first Category 5 hurricane of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season. ...
Like most of the oldest parts of the city developed before 1900 on the city's higher ground, Uptown fared better in the flooding after the storm than newer lower lying neighborhoods. High water did affect sizable portions of Uptown, especially the areas closer to Claiborne Avenue, in some places severely. While 20th century floods such as from the 1909 Hurricane and the May 1995 flood affected Uptown, the post-Katrina flooding was worse than anything seen since the 1850s. In these areas many old homes built 3 or 4 feet above street level to insure against the occasional disastrous flood proved to be insufficiently raised, taking on another foot or two of water above their elevation.
However the area on the river side of Saint Charles, and a varying amount further back, escaped flooding, being the single largest section of New Orleans to escape the flood.
Magazine street has become a commercial hub of New Orleans' recovery, with many businesses owned and run by locals reopening before chain stores in the Metro area.
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