New Orleans Central Business District
| Central Business District | |
| New Orleans neighborhood | |
 New Orleans' Central Business District in 1999.
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| Country | United States |
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| State | Louisiana |
| City | New Orleans |
| Planning district | District 1, French Quarter/CBD |
| Elevation | 3 ft (0.9 m) |
| Coordinates | 29°56′59″N 90°04′14″W / 29.94972°N 90.07056°WCoordinates: 29°56′59″N 90°04′14″W / 29.94972°N 90.07056°W |
| Area | 1.18 sq mi (3.1 km2) |
| - land | 1.06 sq mi (3 km2) |
| - water | 0.12 sq mi (0 km2), 10.17% |
| Population | 2,060 (2010) |
| Density | 1,746/sq mi (674/km2) |
| Timezone | CST (UTC-6) |
| - summer (DST) | CDT (UTC-5) |
| Area code | 504 |
The Central Business District (CBD) is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States.
A subdistrict of the French Quarter/CBD area, its boundaries, as defined by the City Planning Commission, are Iberville, Decatur and Canal Streets to the north; the Mississippi River to the east; the New Orleans Morial Convention Center, Julia and Magazine Streets, and the Pontchartrain Expressway to the south; and South Claiborne Avenue, Cleveland Street, and South and North Derbigny Streets to the west. It is the equivalent of what many cities call their downtown, although in New Orleans "downtown" or "down town" was historically used to mean all portions of the city downriver from Canal Street (in the direction of flow of the Mississippi River). In recent decades, however, use of the catch-all "downtown" adjective to describe neighborhoods downriver from Canal Street has largely ceased, having been replaced in usage by individual neighborhood names (such as Bywater).
Originally developed as the largely-residential Faubourg Ste. Marie (English: St. Mary Suburb) in the late 18th century, the modern Central Business District is today a dynamic, mixed-use neighborhood, the home of professional offices in skyscrapers, specialty and neighborhood retail stores, numerous restaurants and clubs, and thousands of residents inhabiting restored, historic commercial and industrial buildings.
The Central Business District is located at 29°56′59″N 90°04′14″W / 29.94972°N 90.07056°W and has an elevation of 3 feet (0.9 m). As is true of most of metropolitan New Orleans, the parts of the district nearer the river are higher in elevation than areas further removed from it. According to the United States Census Bureau, the district has a total area of 1.18 square miles (3.1 km2). 1.06 square miles (2.7 km2) of which is land and 0.12 square miles (0.3 km2) (10.17%) of which is water.
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