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"It's downtown, it's cool, and it's close to everything"
"Convenient to work and shopping" "City night life" "Even in an old city, it's nice to live where it's modern"
Description
What is known for convenience as the Central Business District extends from the Mississippi River to Claiborne Avenue, and is contained between Iberville Street and the Pontchartrain Expressway. In the northwest corner rises the massive Superdome, while leading downriver from it is Poydras Street, which also claims One Shell Square, the city's tallest building. Poydras Street is the main business thoroughfare of the CBD, while its main shopping spine continues to be Canal Street. In addition, both Canal and Poydras Streets boast high-rise hotels like the Sheraton, Hilton, Marriott, Ritz Carlton, Windsor Court, Le Pavillon and many more. The riverside of the CBD is anchored by the Convention Center and the shops contained in the Riverwalk complex, while the lower end of Canal Street offers more shopping and a cineplex at Canal Place. The Warehouse District, which adjoins the CBD, is New Orleans' answer to New York's SoHo (without the exorbitant price tag). In addition, the Warehouse area has become the locus of a major renaissance in New Orleans in the last twenty years in terms of the visual arts, as more and more painters, sculptors and photographers have moved here to live and work. These areas of the city are some of the safest in terms of future hurricanes, since even the tallest office towers are built today to withstand high-category winds and the large former warehouses were built from the beginning not for style, but for durability. Hurricane Katrina damaged many windows and some roofs in these areas, but only a handful of old brick buildings suffered any permanent structural damage. Today, the Warehouse District and the CBD are back and burnished to a gleaming shine. The Contemporary Arts Center and the Ogden Museum of Southern Art continues to showcase the work of classic and contemporary artists. The National World War II Museum continues to awe visitors with its moving displays and soaring architecture. And the area's numerous restaurants offer those who live and work here the best of both worlds: an historic city and the best of the new, both available within walking distance of the place they're delighted to call home.
History This whole area became known after 1803 as the American Sector, as American and British citizens streamed into New Orleans and developed the plantation land upriver from Canal Street. Few traces of its once rural status remain, but there are plenty of portly and hearty commercial edifices of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries which stand in juxtaposition to their more streamlined neighbors. The Cotton Exchange Hotel and Gallier Hall, the former City Hall, give testimony to the Central Business District's long history of importance in trade and government. In contrast, the Warehouse District was once an area of urban blight. But today it's one of New Orleans' best success stories. In the 1970s this once dangerous landscape of abandoned buildings was rediscovered by artists and the Preservation Resource Center, who pioneered bringing the neighborhood back. Residents and commercial interests followed, until today Julia Street, with its Federalist architecture, and the surrounding side streets hum with activity. Whether you're enjoying any of the neighborhood's many arts festivals or catching a cabaret performance at Le Chat Noir, the Warehouse District is a mecca for what's new, what's happening, and what's best on the New Orleans contemporary scene.
Landmarks of the Central Business District
Lafayette Park
Landmarks of the Warehouse District
Ogden Museum of Southern Art
City Council Representative Stacey S. Head - District BCity Hall Room 2W10 1300 Perdido Street New Orleans, LA 70112 Phone: 504-658-1020 Fax: 504-658-1025 Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
Police Districts New Orleans Police Department Eighth District
Demographics Young urbanites, couples and singles, small families and empty nesters, all with lots of disposable income.
Architecture Modern high-rise mixed with historic buildings and old warehouses
Read More about the Central Business District and the Warehouse District |
Most people who make New Orleans their home do so because of a love of the past...its 19th century architecture, its antebellum charm, the mystique and mystery of the French Quarter. But there are two adjoining sections of the city that offer residents a completely different menu: upscale lofts, first class condominiums, luxurious hotels, and an unsurpassed view of the Mississippi River.
