Hollygrove (New Orleans, Louisiana)

USA / Louisiana / Jefferson / New Orleans, Louisiana
 neighbourhood, draw only border
This low flood-prone area within the city limits was little developed until the 1920s with improved drainage, however problems with inadequate drainage remained despite additional improvement projects in the 1960s.

Hollygrove grew into a predominantly African-American neighborhood of single and double house homes (a slight majority owner occupied) and small neighborhood businesses.

Hollygrove, along with most of the city, flooded in the catastrophic failure of the Federal levee system during Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Young Money rappers Lil Wayne & Mack Maine grew up in Hollygrove and mentions it in many of his songs, two notables being "New Orleans Maniac" and "Zoo."
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hollygrove,_New_Orleans
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Coordinates:   29°58'4"N   90°7'18"W
This article was last modified 9 years ago