Navarre, New Orleans
Encyclopedia
Navarre is a neighborhood
of the city of New Orleans
. A subdistrict of the Lakeview District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: I-610
, Canal Boulevard and Florida Boulevard to the north, Orleans Avenue to the east, City Park Avenue to the south and the Pontchartrain Expressway
and Pontchartrain Boulevard to the west.
, the district has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²). 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²) of which is land and 0 square mile (0 km²) (0.0%) of which is water.
of 2000, there were 2,908 people, 1,470 households, and 704 families residing in the neighborhood. The population density
was 4,154 /mi² (1,616 /km²).
, the local Public Broadcasting Service
television station
WYES-12
studios, and Greenwood, St. Patrick, and Holt cemeteries
. Most of the rest of the neighborhood is residential, mostly white
middle class and working class, with a smattering of neighborhood businesses.
The main streets in the neighborhood are Canal Boulevard running north to south and Navarre Avenue running east to west.
The Navarre neighborhood is the location of the South Lakeview Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 2002. A portion of the Navarre neighborhood is also included within the boundaries of the City Park / N. O. Museum Cultural District, designated by Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu
on November 1, 2008.
land a good distance from the developed parts of the young city along the Mississippi River
. The narrow high ground alongside Bayou
Metairie became a road, along the sides of which farmland was developed. The first of the area's important landmarks to be developed was Greenwood Cemetery
, in 1852. The Canal Street, City Park, and Lake Pontchartrain Railway ran along one edge of the neighborhood on its way out alongside the Orleans Canal
to Old Spanish Fort
on Lake Pontchartrain
. Otherwise, the land after a distance equivalent of a couple blocks back from Metairie Road was swamp.
The 1880s and 1890s saw the first work at reclaiming the swampland in the area for development, and by the early 20th century the area back to Florida Avenue was largely drained. There was substantial development, mostly as white
middle class
residential single family homes, in the 1920s. The area in the back section of Navarre was the site of the United Fruit Company
radio
facilities, until it was redeveloped residentially in the 1940s.
During World War II, the U.S. Navy PT boats were manufactured in the Navarre section of New Orleans. The foundation of the PT boat factory is still visible behind Delgado University.
Navarre experienced serious flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
in 2005.
New Orleans neighborhoods
In 1980 the New Orleans City Planning Commission divided the city into 13 planning districts and 72 distinct neighborhoods.While most of these assigned boundaries match with traditional local designations, some others differ from common traditional use...
of the city of New Orleans
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
. A subdistrict of the Lakeview District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: I-610
Interstate 610
Interstate 610 may refer to:* Interstate 610 , an alternate in New Orleans, Louisiana* Interstate 610 , a beltway around Houston, Texas...
, Canal Boulevard and Florida Boulevard to the north, Orleans Avenue to the east, City Park Avenue to the south and the Pontchartrain Expressway
Pontchartrain Expressway
The Pontchartrain Expressway is a parallel 6-lane section of Interstate 10 and U.S. Route 90 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The designation begins on I-10 near the Orleans Parish/Jefferson Parish line at the I-610 Split. The expressway follows I-10 into the Central Business District of New Orleans ...
and Pontchartrain Boulevard to the west.
Geography
Navarre is located at 29°59′23"N 90°06′35"W and has an elevation of 0 foot (0 m). According to the United States Census BureauUnited States Census Bureau
The United States Census Bureau is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census. It also gathers other national demographic and economic data...
, the district has a total area of 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²). 0.7 square miles (1.8 km²) of which is land and 0 square mile (0 km²) (0.0%) of which is water.
Adjacent Neighborhoods
- LakeviewLakeview, New OrleansLakeview is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Lakeview District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Robert E. Lee Boulevard to the north, Orleans Avenue to the east, Florida Boulevard, Canal Boulevard and I-610 to the south and...
(north) - City ParkCity Park, New OrleansCity Park, a 1,300 acre public park in New Orleans, Louisiana, is the 6th-largest and 7th-most-visited urban public park in the United States. City Park is approximately 50% larger than Central Park in New York City, the municipal park recognized by Americans nationwide as the archetypal urban...
(east) - Mid City (south)
- LakewoodLakewood, New OrleansLakewood is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Lakeview District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Veterans Memorial Boulevard to the north, Pontchartrain Boulevard and the Pontchartrain Expressway to the east, Last, Quince, Hamilton,...
(west)
Boundaries
The City Planning Commission defines the boundaries of Navarre as these streets: I-610, Canal Boulevard, Florida Boulevard, Orleans Avenue, City Park Avenue, the Pontchartrain Expressway and Pontchartrain Boulevard.Demographics
As of the censusCensus
A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring and recording information about the members of a given population. It is a regularly occurring and official count of a particular population. The term is used mostly in connection with national population and housing censuses; other common...
of 2000, there were 2,908 people, 1,470 households, and 704 families residing in the neighborhood. The population density
Population density
Population density is a measurement of population per unit area or unit volume. It is frequently applied to living organisms, and particularly to humans...
was 4,154 /mi² (1,616 /km²).
Features
The neighborhood includes Delgado Community CollegeDelgado Community College
Delgado Community College ' is a Louisiana public community college with campuses throughout the New Orleans metropolitan area, the East and West Banks of New Orleans, the East Bank of Jefferson Parish and on the North Shore of Lake Pontchartrain in Covington and Slidell in St. Tammany Parish...
, the local Public Broadcasting Service
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
television station
Television station
A television station is a business, organisation or other such as an amateur television operator that transmits content over terrestrial television. A television transmission can be by analog television signals or, more recently, by digital television. Broadcast television systems standards are...
WYES-12
WYES-TV
WYES-TV is the primary Public Broadcasting Service member public television station in New Orleans, Louisiana, owned by the Greater New Orleans Educational Television Foundation. It broadcasts on virtual channel 12.-History:...
studios, and Greenwood, St. Patrick, and Holt cemeteries
Cemetery
A cemetery is a place in which dead bodies and cremated remains are buried. The term "cemetery" implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground. Cemeteries in the Western world are where the final ceremonies of death are observed...
. Most of the rest of the neighborhood is residential, mostly white
Caucasian race
The term Caucasian race has been used to denote the general physical type of some or all of the populations of Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Western Asia , Central Asia and South Asia...
middle class and working class, with a smattering of neighborhood businesses.
The main streets in the neighborhood are Canal Boulevard running north to south and Navarre Avenue running east to west.
The Navarre neighborhood is the location of the South Lakeview Historic District, which was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 9, 2002. A portion of the Navarre neighborhood is also included within the boundaries of the City Park / N. O. Museum Cultural District, designated by Louisiana Lieutenant Governor Mitch Landrieu
Mitch Landrieu
Mitchell Joseph "Mitch" Landrieu is the Mayor of New Orleans, former Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana, and a member of the Landrieu family. Landrieu is a member of the Democratic Party and a Roman Catholic. He is the son of former New Orleans mayor and Secretary of the United States Department of...
on November 1, 2008.
History
At the start of the 19th century what would become Navarre was mostly undeveloped swampSwamp
A swamp is a wetland with some flooding of large areas of land by shallow bodies of water. A swamp generally has a large number of hammocks, or dry-land protrusions, covered by aquatic vegetation, or vegetation that tolerates periodical inundation. The two main types of swamp are "true" or swamp...
land a good distance from the developed parts of the young city along the Mississippi River
Mississippi River
The Mississippi River is the largest river system in North America. Flowing entirely in the United States, this river rises in western Minnesota and meanders slowly southwards for to the Mississippi River Delta at the Gulf of Mexico. With its many tributaries, the Mississippi's watershed drains...
. The narrow high ground alongside Bayou
Bayou
A bayou is an American term for a body of water typically found in flat, low-lying areas, and can refer either to an extremely slow-moving stream or river , or to a marshy lake or wetland. The name "bayou" can also refer to creeks that see level changes due to tides and hold brackish water which...
Metairie became a road, along the sides of which farmland was developed. The first of the area's important landmarks to be developed was Greenwood Cemetery
Greenwood Cemetery, New Orleans
Greenwood Cemetery is a cemetery in New Orleans, Louisiana.The cemetery was opened in 1852, and is located on City Park Avenue in the Navarre neighborhood.The cemetery has a number of impressive monuments and sculptures...
, in 1852. The Canal Street, City Park, and Lake Pontchartrain Railway ran along one edge of the neighborhood on its way out alongside the Orleans Canal
Orleans Canal
The Orleans Canal is a drainage canal in New Orleans, Louisiana. The current version of the canal is about 2 km long, running along the up-river side of City Park, through the Lakeview and Lakeshore neighborhood, and into Lake Pontchartrain...
to Old Spanish Fort
Spanish Fort, New Orleans
Spanish Fort, also known as Old Spanish Fort, Fort St. Jean, and Fort St. John, is a historic place in New Orleans, Louisiana, formerly the site of a fort and later an amusement park.-The fort:...
on Lake Pontchartrain
Lake Pontchartrain
Lake Pontchartrain is a brackish estuary located in southeastern Louisiana. It is the second-largest inland saltwater body of water in the United States, after the Great Salt Lake in Utah, and the largest lake in Louisiana. As an estuary, Pontchartrain is not a true lake.It covers an area of with...
. Otherwise, the land after a distance equivalent of a couple blocks back from Metairie Road was swamp.
The 1880s and 1890s saw the first work at reclaiming the swampland in the area for development, and by the early 20th century the area back to Florida Avenue was largely drained. There was substantial development, mostly as white
Caucasian race
The term Caucasian race has been used to denote the general physical type of some or all of the populations of Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Western Asia , Central Asia and South Asia...
middle class
Middle class
The middle class is any class of people in the middle of a societal hierarchy. In Weberian socio-economic terms, the middle class is the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the working class and upper class....
residential single family homes, in the 1920s. The area in the back section of Navarre was the site of the United Fruit Company
United Fruit Company
It had a deep and long-lasting impact on the economic and political development of several Latin American countries. Critics often accused it of exploitative neocolonialism and described it as the archetypal example of the influence of a multinational corporation on the internal politics of the...
radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
facilities, until it was redeveloped residentially in the 1940s.
During World War II, the U.S. Navy PT boats were manufactured in the Navarre section of New Orleans. The foundation of the PT boat factory is still visible behind Delgado University.
Navarre experienced serious flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Effect of Hurricane Katrina on New Orleans
The effects of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans have been long-lasting. As the center of Katrina passed South-east of New Orleans on August 29, 2005, winds downtown were in the Category 3 range with frequent intense gusts and tidal surge. Hurricane force winds were experienced throughout the...
in 2005.
Notable residents
- Benny Grunch, musician
- Tuna Seither, artist
- Ronnie VirgetsRonnie VirgetsRonnie Virgets is a New Orleans, Louisiana writer, commentator, and journalist. He is a native of New Orleans and has lived there for most of his life.-Background:...
, author/commentator