Friday, August 24, 2007

Map of New Orleans flooding from Hurricane Katrina

Students sketched a map of the Crecent City (crescent bend in the river) that included the following:

- French Quarter / Vieux Carre ("old section")
- Uptown neighborhood / affluence and mansions along St Charles Ave.
- Univeristy section: Tulane, Loyola U, Xavier U.
- Superdome
- Metairie
- Lake Pontchartrain
- Univ of NO
- Industrial canal (ship channel)
- 9th ward
- St Bernard parish
- West Bank area
- Slidel (across L. Pontchartrain)

Times-Picayune slide show.

picayune - something of little value / a penny coin.

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