Entrance to West End four days after Hurricane Katrina. Located in New Orleans, the West End neighborhood of the city is a large area built mostly on land reclaimed from Lake Pontchartrain in the 1920's. It is a recreational and commercial seafood boating hub for the city and is known for its historic and renowned seafood restaurants. In recent years, the area has seen large condominium complex developments overlooking the lake. New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ...
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West End is bordered to the south by the Lakeview neighborhood and to the west by Jefferson parish's Bucktown neighborhood. It is home to two large marinas, the Orleans Marina and the New Orleans Municipal Harbor. There are a number of cities and towns known as Lakeview: Lakeview, Alberta Lakeview, Central Kootenay Regional District, British Columbia Lakeview, Central Okanagan Regional District, British Columbia Lakeview Crescent, British Columbia Lakeview Heights, British Columbia Lakeview, Manitoba Lakeview, Queens County, New Brunswick Lakeview, Westmorland County, New Brunswick Lakeview, Halifax, Nova...
Two Yacht Clubs, the New Orleans Yacht Club and Southern Yacht Club, along with several marine and yacht related businesses populate the areas surrounding the park, marinas and channels. This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ...
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The area was adjacent to the levee breach on the 17th Street Canal during Hurricane Katrina which inundated and devastated all of Lakeview. The heavy winds and storm surge also destroyed every restaurant and music club built out over the lake. Because West End was developed above sea level, it did not flood and became a staging area for the US military and National Guard conducting rescues of stranded residents. Woman walks dog along the levee beside the floodwall on the Metarie side of the Canal, 11 November, 2005. ...
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The United States National Guard is a component of the United States Army (the Army National Guard) and the United States Air Force (the Air National Guard). ...
West End's most recognizable icon, the New Basin Canal Lighthouse, constructed in the 1830's was heavily damaged by Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rita. Lowest pressure 895 mbar (hPa)[1] Damages $10 billion (2005 USD)[1] Fatalities 7 direct, 113 indirect Areas affected Bahamas, Florida, Cuba, Yucatán Peninsula, Louisiana, Texas, Mississippi, Arkansas Part of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season Hurricane Rita is the fourth-most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded and the most...
History
West End was originally a nationally renowned resort built between 1835 and 1876 and named New Lake End. In 1880, the name was changed to West End with the additions of a hotel, restaurant and an amusement park built on piers over Lake Pontchartrain. To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...
The City of New Orleans followed and constructed a harbor and railroad and streetcar facilities along the New Basin Canal and the 17th Street Canal and by 1921 had constructed a seawall 500 feet out into the lake and filled in this space to create the large and oak lined West End Park. a historic postcard showing electric trolley-powered streetcars in Richmond, Virginia, where Frank J. Sprague successfully demonstrated his new system on the hills in 1888 A streetcar is a railway vehicle designed to carry passengers on tracks, usually laid in city streets. ...
The New Basin Canal, also known as the New Orleans Canal and the New Canal, was a shipping canal in New Orleans, Louisiana from the 1830s through the 1940s. ...
Woman walks dog along the levee beside the floodwall on the Metarie side of the Canal, 11 November, 2005. ...
West End was a popular music venue in the early days of jazz. Joe "King" Oliver wrote the tune West End Blues in commemoration of the area; a recording of the number by Louis Armstrong is one of the most famous jazz recordings of the 1920s. Jazz is a musical art form that originated in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States around the start of the 20th century. ...
Joe King Oliver, (December 19, 1885 – April 8, 1938) was a bandleader and jazz musician. ...
West End Blues is a multi-strain 12 bar blues composition by Joe King Oliver. ...
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The area grew to become a well known area for great and historic seafood restaurants, including Brunings which opened in 1859 and operated nearly continuously-- damage from Hurricane Georges prompted a move to a nearby building somewhat better sheltered from storm surge, but it was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina on August 29, 2005 along with most other buildings in the area. Lowest pressure 937 mbar (hPa) Damage $5. ...
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