City Park (New Orleans, Louisiana)
USA /
Louisiana /
Metairie /
New Orleans, Louisiana /
Palm Drive, 1
World
/ USA
/ Louisiana
/ Metairie
World / United States / Louisiana
park, NRHP - National Register of Historic Places
1 Palm Drive
New Orleans, LA 70124
(504) 482-4888
www.neworleanscitypark.com/
Once the site of Allard Plantation facing Bayou St. John, City Park’s 1,300 acres offer visitors a sample of the city’s riches both in fine art and natural splendor. City Park is home of the New Orleans Museum of Art and the largest collection of mature live oaks in the world. Trees in the oldest grove are over 600 years old.
Today’s City Park is distinguished by its large menu of recreational activities and its natural beauty. City Park has a special place in the hearts of generations of New Orleanians and is a must visit for visitors to the city. A popular place to picnic, play a favorite sport, wander through its gardens or take a boat ride, the park hosts 11 million visitors each year. It is located in the heart of the city and is the largest recreation area for the entire metropolitan area.
At 1,300 acres, City Park is one of the largest urban parks in the country. The first parcel of land was aquired in 1854, making it one of the country's oldest parks.
The land occupied by City Park is owned by the City of New Orleans.
* City Park is a non-budgeted state agency of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism operated by the non-profit City Park Improvement Association (CPIA).
CPIA was established in 1891 to provide for the improvement of City Park. The Louisiana Legislature placed City Park under the control of CPIA in 1896 and invested it with the authority to operate and develop the park.
City Park receives $200,000 (1.8%) of its $10.8 million pre-Katrina annual operating budget from the State of Louisiana and no public support from the City of New Orleans. The remaining $10.6 million needed to operate is self-generated through donations and user fees. We are heavily dependent on the sun shining in order to obtain those fees (golf, tennis, the amusement park, catering, weddings, admissions, plant sales)-- $30,000 each day. Both the City and the State have and presumably will continue to occasionally support the park with capital funds.
New Orleans, LA 70124
(504) 482-4888
www.neworleanscitypark.com/
Once the site of Allard Plantation facing Bayou St. John, City Park’s 1,300 acres offer visitors a sample of the city’s riches both in fine art and natural splendor. City Park is home of the New Orleans Museum of Art and the largest collection of mature live oaks in the world. Trees in the oldest grove are over 600 years old.
Today’s City Park is distinguished by its large menu of recreational activities and its natural beauty. City Park has a special place in the hearts of generations of New Orleanians and is a must visit for visitors to the city. A popular place to picnic, play a favorite sport, wander through its gardens or take a boat ride, the park hosts 11 million visitors each year. It is located in the heart of the city and is the largest recreation area for the entire metropolitan area.
At 1,300 acres, City Park is one of the largest urban parks in the country. The first parcel of land was aquired in 1854, making it one of the country's oldest parks.
The land occupied by City Park is owned by the City of New Orleans.
* City Park is a non-budgeted state agency of the Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism operated by the non-profit City Park Improvement Association (CPIA).
CPIA was established in 1891 to provide for the improvement of City Park. The Louisiana Legislature placed City Park under the control of CPIA in 1896 and invested it with the authority to operate and develop the park.
City Park receives $200,000 (1.8%) of its $10.8 million pre-Katrina annual operating budget from the State of Louisiana and no public support from the City of New Orleans. The remaining $10.6 million needed to operate is self-generated through donations and user fees. We are heavily dependent on the sun shining in order to obtain those fees (golf, tennis, the amusement park, catering, weddings, admissions, plant sales)-- $30,000 each day. Both the City and the State have and presumably will continue to occasionally support the park with capital funds.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Park,_New_Orleans
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 30°0'3"N 90°5'38"W
- Jean Lafitte National Historical Park and Preserve 18 km
- LaBranche Wetlands 30 km
- Maurepas Swamp WMA (Eastern Tract) 61 km
- Maurepas Swamp WMA (Western Tract) 75 km
- Lake Fausse Pointe State Park 148 km
- Atchafalaya National Wildlife Refuge 171 km
- Tunica Hills WMA 176 km
- Marsh Island Wildlife Refuge 192 km
- White Lake Wetlands Conservation Area 244 km
- Rockefeller State Wildlife Refuge and Game Reserve 273 km
- Bayou St. John 0.7 km
- Lakeview 1.5 km
- Navarre 2 km
- Lake Vista 2.5 km
- West End 2.8 km
- Lakewood 2.9 km
- "Fat City" 6.6 km
- Metairie, Louisiana 8.3 km
- The Lake Pontchartrain Causeway 22 km
- Lake Pontchartrain 23 km
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