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Community
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District 4, once
referred to as “back of town,” originally was a swamp
with some higher ground along the banks of bayous. Much of the development
in this District followed the industrial pattern of locating along
canals and then along railroads.
While a fairly complete system of canals and streetcars was established
during the last quarter of the 1800s, most of the development occurred
between 1910 and 1930, with many low-lying areas remaining undeveloped
until the 1930s. By the 1930s, as public housing and redevelopment
plans began to coalesce, the Storyville red-light district (the area
just lakeside of the Vieux Carré) was designated blighted and
became the site of the Iberville Housing Development. District 4 also
includes the B.W. Cooper, St. Bernard, and Lafitte housing developments.
Despite its historic architecture, ethnic diversity, and charming neighborhoods, District 4 experienced one of the City’s highest rates of population loss between 1980 and 1997. These declines are attributable both to the increasing presence of institutional, commercial and industrial activities in the area as well as the spread of blight and deterioration of the area’s housing stock. Prior to Katrina, District 4 was a predominately African American, renter occupied district with housing as the dominant land use.
District 4 was heavily damaged by Katrina’s floodwaters. While the depth of flooding was not as severe as in portions of Districts 5, 6, 8, and 9, it was sufficiently severe as to render much of the District’s housing stock uninhabitable. There were limited exceptions to this pattern as neighborhoods on the River side of Claiborne Avenue and neighborhoods hugging the natural ridge along Esplanade Avenue escaped severe flooding. (Sources: City of New Orleans 1999 Land Use Plan and GCR & Associates, Inc.)
| Population Characteristics: District 4 | ||||||||||
| Total Population | African-American Pop. | White Population | Other Population | Pop. 65 and Older | ||||||
| Pre-Katrina Total | 79,398 | 100.00% | 66,023 | 100.00% | 10,567 | 100.00% | 2,808 | 100.00% | 7,993 | 100.00% |
| Less Than 2' of Flooding | 4,902 | 6.17% | 3,505 | 5.31% | 1,216 | 11.51% | 181 | 6.45% | 479 | 5.99% |
| Between 2 - 4' of Flooding | 21,173 | 26.67% | 17,849 | 27.03% | 2,839 | 26.87% | 485 | 17.27% | 2,627 | 32.87% |
| 4' and Greater Flooding | 53,323 | 67.16% | 44,669 | 67.66% | 6,512 | 61.63% | 2,142 | 76.28% | 4,887 | 61.14% |
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