The 10th Ward is a division of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...

. The 10th Ward is one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans

Wards of New Orleans

The city of New Orleans, Louisiana is divided into 17 wards. Politically, the wards are used in voting in elections, subdivided into precincts. Under various previous city charters of the 19th century, aldermen and later city council members were elected by ward. The city has not had officials...

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The Ward is one of the city's Uptown

Uptown New Orleans

Uptown is a section of New Orleans, Louisiana on the East Bank of the Mississippi River encompassing a number of neighborhoods between the French Quarter and the Jefferson Parish line. It remains an area of mixed residential and small commercial properties, with a wealth of 19th century architecture...

 wards, formerly the old Faubourg Lafayette annexed by New Orleans in 1850s.

Boundaries

The roughly wedge-shaped Ward stretches back from the Mississippi River

Mississippi River

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. The lower boundary is Felicity Street, across which is the 1st Ward

1st Ward of New Orleans

The 1st Ward or First Ward is one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans, divisions of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana.It is geographically one of the smaller wards of the city. Roughly triangular in shape, the boundaries are Thalia Street , Felicity Street , and the Mississippi River...

, then Martin Luther King Boulevard (formerly Melpomene Street), across which is the 2nd Ward

2nd Ward of New Orleans

The 2nd Ward or Second Ward of New Orleans, Louisiana is one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans. -Boundaries:The Ward fronts the Mississippi River. The down-river or "lower" boundary is Julia Street, across which is the 3rd Ward...

. The upper boundary is First Street, across which lies the 11th Ward

11th Ward of New Orleans

The 11th Ward or Eleventh Ward is a division of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. The 11th Ward is one of the 17 Wards of New Orleans....

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Cityscape and landmarks

Near the river the Ward includes part of the Lower Garden District and the former location of America's first experiment with large-scale public housing, started here in 1937, when, as part of the New Deal, President Roosevelt signed the loan to commence construction of the St. Thomas Housing Project

St. Thomas Development

St. Thomas Development is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans and a former Housing Projects of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Central City/Garden District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Constance, St. Mary, Magazine and Felicity Streets to the north,...

. In Central City it includes the Oretha Castle Haley commercial district.

The 10th Ward has been home to such notables as jazz

Jazz

Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 musicians Buddy Bolden

Buddy Bolden

Charles "Buddy" Bolden was an African American cornetist and is regarded by contemporaries as a key figure in the development of a New Orleans style of rag-time music which later came to be known as jazz.- Life :...

 and George Brunies

George Brunies

George Brunies, aka Georg Brunis, was a jazz trombonist who came to fame in the 1930s, and was part of the Dixieland revival. He was known as the "King of the Tailgate Trombone"....

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