Audubon Place is a privately gated street along St. Charles Avenue

St. Charles Avenue

St. Charles Avenue is a thoroughfare in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. and the home of the St. Charles Streetcar Line. It is also famous for the hundreds of mansions that adorn the tree-lined boulevard for much of the Uptown section of the route. The southern live oak trees, particularly found in...

 in New Orleans, Louisiana

New Orleans, Louisiana

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 that sits next to Tulane University

Tulane University

Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States...

. As of 2009, Audubon Place homes typically cost around $5 million. Following the 2005 Hurricane Katrina

Hurricane Katrina

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-related levee breach, Blackwater

Blackwater Worldwide

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 security personnel were helicoptered to Audubon Place to protect property; flood waters did not inundate the street, because it sits above sea level. Audubon Place is immediately across from Audubon Park. The street lies within the 70118 ZIP code

ZIP Code

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Audubon Place is not to be confused with Audubon Street or Audubon Boulevard, both of which are also in the neighborhood surrounding Tulane University. All of the streets are named after John James Audubon

John James Audubon

John James Audubon was a French-American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. He was notable for his expansive studies to document all types of American birds and for his detailed illustrations that depicted the birds in their natural habitats...

, naturalist and long-time New Orleans resident.