Lakeview (New Orleans, Louisiana)

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This neighborhood is one of the lowest lying areas of New Orleans, (reclaimed from swampland after the building of the Lake Pontchartrain seawall in the 1930's), yet one of the wealthiest. It was severely flooded after hurricane Katrina by breaches in the 17th Street Canal, (to the west), and the London Avenue Canal, (to the east).

In the 19th century and early 20th century, the area was mostly undeveloped swamp. The New Basin Canal was cut through the area in the early 19th century.

Though the Navarre/Old Lakeview section, encompassing the area between and around City Park Avenue and Florida Avenue began developing slowly early in the 20th century, large scale residential development of most of the area began after World War II, with the predominant housing style being bungalows. New Orleans became a majority-African American city around 1980, and by the 1990s, Lakeview was one of the only almost entirely white neighborhoods remaining in New Orleans. Originally, Lakeview was mostly middle class, but it became more economically upscale in the last couple decades of the 20th century. By the late 20th century, many larger newly-constructed homes had replaced older, more modest homes in much of Lakeview.