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The Ninth Ward or 9th Ward is a distinctive region of New Orleans, Louisiana, which is located in the easternmost downriver portion of the city. It is geographically the largest of the 17 Wards of New Orleans. On the south, the Ninth Ward is bounded by the Mississippi River.
The Lower Ninth Ward is a neighborhood in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.As the name implies, it is part of the 9th Ward of New Orleans.The Lower Ninth Ward is often thought of as the entire area within New Orleans downriver of the Industrial Canal; however, the City Planning Commission divides this area into the Lower Ninth Ward and Holy Cross neighborhoods.
Not shown: southern portion of the 15th Ward, northeastern portion of the 9th Ward. On the map Lake Pontchartrain is to the north and the Mississippi River is to the south; the 15th Ward is the only one south of the Mississippi River where Algiers is located. The city of New Orleans, in the U.S. state of Louisiana, is divided into 17 wards.
Holy Cross is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans.A subdistrict of the Lower Ninth Ward District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: St. Claude Avenue to the north, St. Bernard Parish to the east, the Mississippi River to the south and the Industrial Canal to the west.
"The lower ninth ward is the only part of New Orleans where you still will see Katrina." Burnell Cotlon is a lifelong resident of the Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans and he's become somewhat of a ...
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Some New Orleans residents and city officials are pushing back against tour operators who bus out-of-towners into the city's Lower 9th Ward, where Hurricane Katrina unleashed a wall of water when ...
Residents in a New Orleans area community began picking up the pieces Wednesday, a day after a strong tornado crashed through Arabi and killed one person, damaged and destroyed homes and wrecked cars.