9th Ward Florida Projects New Orleans

The florida projects were actually located right across the street from the desire projects and when hurricane katrina arrived in new orleans it significantly flooded the florida development.

9th ward florida projects new orleans. Desire projects were public housing facilities located in the ninth ward of new orleans louisiana these projects consisted of about 262 two story brick buildings containing about 1 860 units across 98 5 acres of land. Families of the desire claimed that the new project was run down while the florida was nicely built in good condition. 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 on the western or upriver side the ninth ward is bounded by going from the river north to lake pontchartrain franklin. The area of the 9th ward on the back side of st.

Then the industrial canal was dredged through the neighborhood at the start of the 1920s. The overall conditions of the projects were deplorable from the moment they were put into place in the later part of the 1950s. Staff photo by kathy anderson the times picayune. The lower ninth ward in new orleans after hurricane katrina caused the levees to fail and the city was flooded.

Https bit ly 2duusis follow newtral groundz. Claude avenue experienced the city s most significant and longest standing flooding from the new orleans hurricane of 1915 due to a break in the protection levee at florida avenue. Downtown new orleans was once the home of the old st. Bernard iberville lafitte desire and florida housing projects together with the areas of residential homes within the neighborhoods of 6th ward 7th ward 8th ward and the 9th ward divided between lower 9 and the upper 9.

As a result the florida projects were entirely demolished later by the city. However the city planning commission divides this area into the lower ninth ward and holy cross neighborhoods.