Broadmoor, New Orleans
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Louisiana |
| City | New Orleans |
| Planning District | District 3, Uptown/Carrollton |
| Elevation | 2 ft (1 m) |
| Coordinates | 29°56′56″N 90°06′15″W / 29.94889°N 90.10417°WCoordinates: 29°56′56″N 90°06′15″W / 29.94889°N 90.10417°W |
| Area | 0.56 sq mi (1.5 km2) |
| - land | 0.56 sq mi (1 km2) |
| - water | 0.00 sq mi (0 km2), 0% |
| Population | 2,378 (2010) |
| Density | 4,246/sq mi (1,639/km2) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code | 504 |
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Broadmoor Historic District
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| Location | Roughly bounded by South Broad/Fountainebleau, Milan, S. Claiborne and Octavia, New Orleans, Louisiana (original) Roughly bounded by Walmsley, S. White, Eden, and S. Jefferson Davis Pkwy, (increase) New Orleans, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 29°56′48″N 90°6′22″W / 29.94667°N 90.10611°W |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival, et al. (original) Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman (increase) |
| NRHP Reference # | 03000519 and 07000940 |
| Added to NRHP | June 13, 2003 (original) September 13, 2007 (increase) |
Broadmoor is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Uptown/Carrollton Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Eve Street to the north, Washington Avenue and Toledano Street to the east, South Claiborne Avenue to the south, and Jefferson Avenue, South Rocheblave Street, Nashville Avenue, and Octavia Street to the west. It includes the Broadmoor Historic District which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003 and increased in its boundaries in 2007.
Broadmoor is low lying ground in New Orleans, and was only substantially developed beginning in the early 20th century after improved drainage was initiated (see: Drainage in New Orleans). Before being developed, the area was a large marsh and was a fishing spot for Uptowners. Early construction were mostly high raised houses for fear of repeats of historic floods, but after decades with little problem more low lying residential structures were built in Broadmoor. The first area drainage canals were built in 1885. In 1903 a pumping station at Broad Street and Washington within the Broadmoor boundaries opened in 1903. In 1915 pumps more powerful than previous ones were established at that pumping station. After 1915 smaller groups of people began settling the area.
During the early 1920s a sharp population increase occurred in Broadmoor. Over one third of Broadmoor's houses and the Wilson School, the first public school in Broadmoor, were built during that decade. Population growth continued for several years In the late 1950s and the 1960s many people began moving to suburbs in Jefferson Parish and New Orleans East, leading to population losses for Broadmoor.
Broadmoor was hit hard by the May 8th 1995 Louisiana Flood, after which extensive improvements of drainage were constructed.
Broadmoor flooded badly in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005. A Bring New Orleans Back Commission preliminary report map showed Broadmoor as a suggested area to be turned into park land; this suggestion is strongly objected to by residents, hundreds of whom were already back in their homes by January 2006, many living in the upstairs of two story homes while they worked on gutting and repairing their flooded ground floors.
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