Florida Projects Explained

Building Name:Florida Avenue Housing Development
Location:New Orleans, LA 70117
Status:Partially extant (remodeled in 2005)
Constructed:1945–1946
Demolished:1998-2004 (partial)
Governing Body:Housing Authority of New Orleans

Florida Avenue Projects or Florida Projects is a public housing project in the city of New Orleans. The development was built in 1946 on an 18.5-acre tract of land bounded by Florida Avenue and North Dorgenois, Mazant and Gallier streets in the Upper 9th Ward. It contained 47 two- and three-story brick buildings, arranged around courtyards and largely isolated from the rest of the community, for a total of 734 units housing 1,297 residents. Originally built for whites, it was later desegregated and by the 1970s was becoming predominantly a black project. In the mid-1990s, Florida and nearby Desire Projects were dubbed the most violent housing projects in the nation. In 1994, Florida recorded the highest homicide rate of all HANO developments, with 26 slayings, surpassing the 13 killings in Desire which previous held the highest record a year before. The majority of the Florida killings in 1994 were fueled by drug wars, specifically between the notorious Hardy Boys and the Poonie Crew. The homicide spike in Florida and Desire contributed to New Orleans being dubbed "the nation's murder capital".[1] [2] That year the city's homicide rate reached 424, 47 of those killings occurring in HANO developments.[3]

In 2005, the project was heavily flooded in Hurricane Katrina and was partly demolished by the end of that year. One half of the complex was remodeled.[4]

Geography

Florida Projects is located at [5] and has an elevation of 0feet.[6] According to the United States Census Bureau, the district has a total area of 0.09mi2. 0.09mi2 of which is land and 0mi2 (0.0%) of which is water.

Demographics

As of the census of 2000, there were 1,604 people, 399 households, and 346 families residing in the neighborhood.[7] The population density was 17,822 /mi2 (8,020 /km2).

As of the census of 2010, there were 6 people, 2 households, and 2 families residing in the neighborhood.[7]

Notable residents

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See also

References

6. https://www.amazon.com/Once-There-Was-Girl-Memoir/dp/1946277851 [8]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Police now the usual suspects in New Orleans: Officers have been tied to killings, including serial slayings. Yet the department has helped slash the murder rate . . September 7, 1995.
  2. Web site: Housing project razed after decades of unrealized dreams . February 15, 2021 . Arizona Daily Sun.
  3. News: Bragg . Rick . New Orleans's Hopes Rise As Crime Rate Decreases . . December 25, 1995 . March 29, 2023 . 0362-4331 . en-US.
  4. Web site: HANO to build 51 new units at Florida public housing development . 2023-03-29 . NOLA.com . en.
  5. Web site: US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990. United States Census Bureau. 2011-04-23. 2011-02-12.
  6. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  7. Web site: Florida Development Neighborhood. Greater New Orleans Community Data Center. 5 January 2012. June 10, 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120610044450/http://www.gnocdc.org/NeighborhoodData/7/FloridaDevelopment/index.html. dead.
  8. Web site: Post - KharisPublishing . www.kharispublishing.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20210122170456/https://www.kharispublishing.com/once-there . 2021-01-22.

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