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Neighborhoods in District 13 English Turn/ Lower Coast

District 13, the English Turn area, earned its name in 1699 when New Orleans’ founder, Sieur de Bienville, managed to convince a British expedition traveling up the Mississippi River to turn around because they had reached a dead-end.   
 
Today, English Turn retains a residential quality, with development constrained by the area’s relative isolation.  Prior to the construction of a high span bridge in the 1980s, the Lower Coast was connected to Algiers by drawbridge.  Although the high span bridge increased accessibility, development has remained limited.  The Lower Coast Algiers Moratorium, in effect from 1987 through 1997, was enacted to address concerns that future development would alter the woodland character of the district, and it succeeded in limiting new construction. The lone exception to the predominantly rural character of this area is the gated English Turn subdivision. The development of this golf course community began in the late 1980’s and has proceeded steadily to the present day.

Land use in District 13 consists primarily of single-family homes on large lots surrounded by woodland and marsh. There is no commercial activity and limited industrial uses within the District.  District 13 is a predominantly owner occupied area. The absence of flood damage from Hurricane Katrina and long-standing resistance to major new development portend a stable future for District 13.

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Neighborhood Planning Districts

1: French Quarter/CBD
2: Central City/Garden District
3: Uptown/Carrollton
4: Mid-City
5: Lakeview
6: Gentilly
7: Bywater
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10: Village de L’Est
11: Viavant/Venetian Isles
12: Algiers
13: New Aurora/English Turn

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Redevelopment Authority
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