Mid City New Orleans
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 Canal Streetcar in Mid-City
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Louisiana |
| City | New Orleans |
| Planning District | District 4, Mid-City District |
| Elevation | 0 ft (0.0 m) |
| Coordinates | 29°58′19″N 90°05′49″W / 29.97194°N 90.09694°WCoordinates: 29°58′19″N 90°05′49″W / 29.97194°N 90.09694°W |
| Area | 1.66 sq mi (4.3 km2) |
| - land | 1.66 sq mi (4 km2) |
| - water | 0.00 sq mi (0 km2), 0% |
| Population | 6,217 (2010) |
| Density | 3,745/sq mi (1,446/km2) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code | 504 |
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Mid-City Historic District
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| Location | Roughly bounded by Derbigny St., Conti St., City Park Ave. and I-10, New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Area | 850 acres (340 ha) |
| Architect | Multiple |
| Architectural style | Bungalow/Craftsman, Colonial Revival, Italianate |
| NRHP Reference # | 93001394 |
| Added to NRHP | December 10, 1993 |
Mid-City is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A sub-district of the Mid-City District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: City Park Avenue, Toulouse Street, North Carrollton, Orleans Avenue, Bayou St. John and St. Louis Street to the north, North Broad Street to the east, and the Pontchartrain Expressway to the west. It is a historic district on the National Register of Historic Places. In common usage, a somewhat larger area surrounding these borders is often also referred to as part of Mid-City.
Mid-City is located at 29°58′19″N 90°05′49″W / 29.97194°N 90.09694°W and has an elevation of 0 feet (0.0 m). According to the United States Census Bureau, the district has a total area of 1.66 square miles (4.3 km2). 1.66 square miles (4.3 km2) of which is land and 0.00 square miles (0.0 km2) (0.0%) of which is water.
Mid-City is located, as the name indicates, in the middle of New Orleans on what was once the backslope of the Mississippi River natural levee, a gradually declining section of the river's flood plain. As such, it was not settled as early as adjacent neighborhoods and was called the "back of town"—the city ended at the swamp, unlike today, when the city reaches the lake. The Esplanade Ridge and the adjoining Metairie Ridge formed a natural spur from the River; but what is now Mid-City, surrounded by these higher-elevated sections, was part of the "backswamp" until development in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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