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How Lakeview NOLA came to be
Posted on 6/7/18 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 6/7/18 at 12:16 pm
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This 1925 map shows the Lakefront Improvement Project. Image from the Library of Congress
West End, at right, and Spanish Fort and Milneburg in the distance, as seen in 1922, four years before the Lakefront Improvement Project. Photo from the Louisiana State Museum
This 1940 aerial view from the south shows City Park, Lake Vista, Orleans Avenue Canal, Spanish Fort, Bayou St. John and New Pontchartrain Beach, with Gentilly in the foreground. Image from The Times-Picayune archive
The lakefront neighborhoods, circa 1950, looking west
Lakefront before construction of the Shushan Airport on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain
This satelite image from Sept. 2, 2005, shows how the lakefront became an island after the flooding following Hurricane Katrina.
This 1925 map shows the Lakefront Improvement Project. Image from the Library of Congress
West End, at right, and Spanish Fort and Milneburg in the distance, as seen in 1922, four years before the Lakefront Improvement Project. Photo from the Louisiana State Museum
This 1940 aerial view from the south shows City Park, Lake Vista, Orleans Avenue Canal, Spanish Fort, Bayou St. John and New Pontchartrain Beach, with Gentilly in the foreground. Image from The Times-Picayune archive
The lakefront neighborhoods, circa 1950, looking west
Lakefront before construction of the Shushan Airport on the shore of Lake Pontchartrain
This satelite image from Sept. 2, 2005, shows how the lakefront became an island after the flooding following Hurricane Katrina.
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Posted on 6/7/18 at 12:27 pm to Placebeaux
Grew up on Egret in 0124, where life was hawd baw
Posted on 6/7/18 at 12:32 pm to BRgetthenet
I bet.
Posted on 6/7/18 at 12:33 pm to Placebeaux
Born and raised in Lakeview.
Moved back in 2000 and have been living there ever since (aside from about 12 months from August ‘05 to August ‘06.
Good post!
Moved back in 2000 and have been living there ever since (aside from about 12 months from August ‘05 to August ‘06.
Good post!
This post was edited on 6/7/18 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 6/7/18 at 12:33 pm to Placebeaux
That's not Lakeview...
It's Lakeshore/Lake Vista
It's Lakeshore/Lake Vista
This post was edited on 6/7/18 at 12:34 pm
Posted on 6/7/18 at 1:25 pm to Hangover Haven
quote:
That's not Lakeview...
It's Lakeshore/Lake Vista
Posted on 6/7/18 at 1:48 pm to Placebeaux
He’s not wrong...
Posted on 6/7/18 at 1:54 pm to BRgetthenet
Hey baw, if you look closely there is a Latour street in old Lakeview.
Posted on 6/7/18 at 2:03 pm to Hangover Haven
quote:
That's not Lakeview...
It's Lakeshore/Lake Vista
I can verify........
Posted on 6/7/18 at 2:08 pm to chillygentilly
Posted on 6/7/18 at 3:16 pm to Placebeaux
Sucks to be wrong huh...? 
Posted on 6/7/18 at 3:34 pm to Hangover Haven
I dont pick gnat shite out of pepper baw.
Posted on 6/7/18 at 3:47 pm to Hangover Haven
Cool article. But I concur, it ain’t Lakeview that was created.
Posted on 6/7/18 at 4:02 pm to HappyFunBall420
Oh well, my dad lives on Lakepark dr. We just call the whole area Lakeview.
Posted on 6/7/18 at 4:30 pm to Placebeaux
Where are the potholes on that map?
Posted on 6/7/18 at 5:05 pm to Placebeaux
quote:
Oh well, my dad lives on Lakepark dr. We just call the whole area Lakeview.
Lakepark Dr.?!? Never heard of it. Where the hell is that?
Posted on 6/7/18 at 7:17 pm to Placebeaux
quote:
We just call the whole area Lakeview.
We also would have accepted, What is the Lakefront?
Placebeaux, you have the board.
Posted on 6/7/18 at 7:37 pm to BRich
I never heard of Lakepark Dr either
Posted on 6/7/18 at 7:41 pm to BRgetthenet
Lake front is covered by concrete step sea walls from Sea Brooke to West End with breaks in it.
Posted on 6/7/18 at 8:47 pm to Placebeaux
Lakeview is south of Robert E Lee. See below from lakeview civic improvement association website.
II. Boundaries
The Lakeview area composes all of that portion of the City of New Orleans within the following boundaries: commencing at the corner of City Park Avenue and Orleans Avenue and proceeding in a westerly direction to the Pontchartrain Expressway, thence in a northerly direction to the intersection of Veteran’s Memorial Boulevard, thence in a westerly direction to the 17th Street Canal, thence in a northerly direction to Lake Pontchartrain, thence in an easterly direction to West End Boulevard, thence in a southerly direction to Robert E. Lee Boulevard, thence in an easterly direction to Orleans Avenue and thence in a southerly direction to City Park Avenue. The boundaries are intended to and do include the West End Park and Marina area.
II. Boundaries
The Lakeview area composes all of that portion of the City of New Orleans within the following boundaries: commencing at the corner of City Park Avenue and Orleans Avenue and proceeding in a westerly direction to the Pontchartrain Expressway, thence in a northerly direction to the intersection of Veteran’s Memorial Boulevard, thence in a westerly direction to the 17th Street Canal, thence in a northerly direction to Lake Pontchartrain, thence in an easterly direction to West End Boulevard, thence in a southerly direction to Robert E. Lee Boulevard, thence in an easterly direction to Orleans Avenue and thence in a southerly direction to City Park Avenue. The boundaries are intended to and do include the West End Park and Marina area.
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