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33-487: After adaptation and renovation, it was reopened as an opera house in 2011. A resident professional contemporary ballet company, Marigny Opera Ballet, was founded there in 2014. OperaCréole, founded in 2008, also produces works there. In 1847 Catholic priest J.M. Masquelet purchased a property on the corner of Dauphine Street and St. Ferdinand Street in Faubourg Marigny for $ 3,000 to build a parish church. He commissioned

66-696: Is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans , Louisiana , United States. Its boundaries, as defined by the City Planning Commission, are North Rampart Street and St. Claude Avenue to the north, the railroad tracks along Homer Plessy Way (formerly Press Street) to the east, the Mississippi River to the south, and Esplanade Avenue to the west. The Faubourg Marigny is located at 29°57′53″N 90°03′19″W  /  29.96472°N 90.05528°W  / 29.96472; -90.05528 and has an elevation of 1 foot (0.3 m). According to

99-517: Is a destination for music devotees. The neighborhood is also home to the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts riverfront facility. The Faubourg Marigny is one of the city's most colorful neighborhoods; the architecture borrows heavily from the colonial French and Spanish and has elements of the Caribbean. This blending of cultures over time has resulted in a unique architectural style. The Marigny

132-585: Is a legally defined voting ward and a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans . A sub-district of the Mid-City District Area, its boundaries as defined by the New Orleans City Planning Commission are: A.P. Tureaud Avenue, Agriculture, Allen, Industry, St. Anthony, Duels, Frenchmen and Hope Streets to the north, Elysian Fields Avenue to the east, St. Claude and St. Bernard Avenues, North Rampart Street and Esplanade Avenue to

165-407: Is being developed for the formerly industrial Press Street corridor. As of the census of 2000, there were 3,145 people, 1,960 households, and 391 families residing in the neighborhood. The population density was 10,145 /mi² (3,931 /km²). As of the census of 2010, there were 2,973 people, 1,881 households, and 359 families residing in the neighborhood. The Faubourg Marigny was laid out in

198-557: Is in the front of the ward near the French Quarter . As of the census of 2000, there were 16,955 people, 6,489 households, and 3,965 families living in the neighborhood. The population density was 14,616 /mi² (5,652 /km ). Historically, most of the inhabitants of New Orleans who are of Creole descent, were born in the Seventh Ward. As of the census of 2010, there were 10,187 people, 4,248 households, and 2,356 families living in

231-539: Is one of the centers for homegrown New Orleans Mardi Gras (see Faubourg Marigny Mardi Gras costumes). Hurricane Katrina of late August 2005, which had a disastrous effect on most of New Orleans, had a less severe aftermath here. The section on the Mississippi River side of Rampart experienced some wind damage, but it was at a high enough elevation to escape the great flood. The lower-lying areas of New Marigny flooded, but not as deeply as elsewhere. A good portion of

264-564: Is part of the 7th Ward of New Orleans . The remainder is in the 8th and 9th wards of New Orleans. The City Planning Commission defines the boundaries of the Faubourg Marigny as: North Rampart Street , St. Claude Avenue, the railroad tracks along Homer Plessy Way (formerly Press Street), the Mississippi River , and Esplanade Avenue . In 2013, the neighborhood corresponding to U.S. census tract 27, bound by N. Claiborne Avenue, Elysian Fields Avenue, St. Claude Avenue, and St. Bernard Avenue,

297-442: The Mississippi River to Lake Pontchartrain . The eastern, or "lower" boundary is Elysian Fields Avenue , the boundary with the 8th Ward . In the "up-river" direction to the south-west, the boundary is Esplanade Avenue , the border with the 6th Ward ; then from where Esplanade meets Bayou St. John the boundary follows the bayou north to the lake, with the 5th Ward being across the bayou. The London Avenue Canal runs through

330-665: The New Marigny . In the early 19th century, the New Marigny was where white Creole gentlemen set up households for their mistresses of color (and their offspring) in the tradition of " plaçage ." Wide Elysian Fields Avenue , named after the Champs-Élysées in Paris , was designed to be the main street of the faubourg. It was the first street in the New Orleans area to extend directly from

363-549: The United States Census Bureau , the district has a total area of 0.33 square miles (0.9 km ). 0.31 square miles (0.8 km ) of which is land and 0.02 square miles (0.1 km ) (6.06%) of which is water. In the 19th century, the Faubourg Marigny was the old Third Municipality of New Orleans. The triangular area between Esplanade and Elysian Fields Avenue is sometimes called the Marigny Triangle and

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396-594: The 19th-century-style raised houses were elevated enough so that the flood waters did not do significant damage, even as far back as Claiborne Avenue . A free community kitchen and goods-exchange camp was set up in Washington Square for a couple of months after the storm. The official reopening of the Marigny was delayed in September and early October 2005 because initial decisions were made to reopen areas by ZIP code and

429-549: The Faubourg Franklin was laid out in 1834. This neighborhood, like the portion of the Faubourg Marigny located across St. Claude Avenue, was settled primarily by Louisiana Creoles of color and German immigrants between the 1830s and 1880s. Several musicians either grew up in the neighborhood or moved here as adults. Ferdinand LaMothe, better known as Jelly Roll Morton , would sneak away from his upright Creole grandmother's home, just off Elysian Fields Avenue, to play piano in

462-545: The Faubourg Marigny shared a ZIP code with more badly-damaged areas. After reopening, the area rebounded quickly. The neighborhood is in the New Orleans Public Schools district. The former Colton Middle School in Faubourg Marigny is now a Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) charter school, in the KIPP New Orleans Schools network. 7th Ward of New Orleans The 7th Ward ( Seventh Ward )

495-544: The Marigny Opera Ballet, a resident professional contemporary ballet company, formed at the Marigny. The Marigny also operates as a wedding venue. Celebrity weddings, including the weddings of Solange Knowles and Alan Ferguson and of Lake Bell and Scott Campbell , have been celebrated at the Marigny. Faubourg Marigny The Faubourg Marigny ( / ˈ f oʊ b ɜːr ɡ ˈ m ær ɪ n i / FOH -burg MAYR -in-ee ; sometimes called The Marigny )

528-546: The New Orleans Fringe Festival. The Marigny Opera House was officially opened on January 2, 2012. It is supported by the Marigny Opera House Foundation, a non-profit organization. The Marigny is used as a performance venue for dance, theatre, opera, jazz, and classical music performances. In 2013, Depeche Mode used the Marigny as a set for the music video for their song " Heaven ". In 2014,

561-487: The architect Theodore Giraud to design the church building. The following year the structure was dedicated as Holy Trinity Church, a Catholic church serving the German immigrant community of the neighborhood. The original church was destroyed in a fire in 1851. In 1853 a new church is built under the direction of Fr. Matthias Schifferer. In the late 1860s New Orleans suffered from an outbreak of yellow fever , which killed two of

594-711: The area along the high ground of the riverfront was developed first; this area is today the Marigny Triangle of the Faubourg Marigny . The Pontchartrain Railroad , the first US railroad away from the Atlantic coast, ran for a century along Elysian Fields between the Riverfront and the famous camps at Milneburg . The area is known for the Creole citizens who once heavily populated the area. Esplanade Ridge between Rampart and Bayou St. John

627-468: The church's priests. In 1873 a chapel was built and dedicated to St. Roch , whom the congregation credited with ending the outbreak. In 1876 the parish established St. Roch Cemetery at the site. Holy Trinity opened a Catholic School in 1871, run by sisters of the Benedictine order. The school became a free parochial school in 1910. The church was damaged by Hurricane Betsy in 1965. In 1997 Holy Trinity

660-422: The dangerous criminals there. After Hurricane Betsy many Filipino Americans who had been displaced by the hurricane called the neighborhood home. It came back strongly in the late 20th century. Profiteering related to the 1984 World's Fair drove many long-term French Quarter residents into the Marigny. Frenchmen Street developed one of the city's premier locations for live music venues and restaurants and

693-479: The early 19th century. He divided his plantation and sold the lots in an 1806 subdivision, the Faubourg Marigny. They sold so quickly that he extended the development four years later. Sales of the affordable, modest-sized lots were spurred in 1831 when the Pontchartrain Railroad, or “Smoky Mary,” began running on Elysian Fields Avenue. Development of the area downriver of Elysian Fields Avenue followed when

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726-407: The first decade of the 19th century by Creole real estate developer and politician Bernard de Marigny , on land that had been his family's plantation just downriver from the old city limits of New Orleans. The portion of the Faubourg Marigny closer to the river was built up first; the area on the side of St. Claude Avenue (formerly "Goodchildren Street") away from the river was sometimes called

759-410: The neighborhood. Orleans Parish School Board is the designated school district of New Orleans. New Orleans Public Library will open the new Nora Navra Branch in the 7th Ward in 2017. Hurricane Katrina had damaged the previous facility in 2005. The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) was to pay for the costs of demolition of the previous library and construction of the new library since

792-500: The previous facility had been, according to FEMA's estimation, over 50% damaged by Katrina. The features and amenities present in the new facility that were not in the previous facility were financed by other sources, including New Orleans municipal bond sales and funds from the Louisiana Recovery Authority . The "design-build" process, one specially allowed only in parishes affected by Hurricane Katrina under Louisiana law,

825-668: The railroad tracks) or Franklin Avenue (the upper boundary of the city's 9th Ward ). The New Marigny Historic District was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1994. The area contains parts of the 7th and 8th wards as well as the Faubourg Saint Roch and the upriver part of the Faubourg Saint Claude. Formerly part of a plantation, this area was developed by Creole landowner Bernard de Marigny, beginning in

858-789: The red light district of Storyville . Sidney Bechet , Manny Perez, Danny Barker , and Paul Barbarin , all giants of New Orleans music, made their homes in the neighborhood. In the 21st century, this area is the site of both funk palaces such as the Saturn Bar on St. Claude Avenue and 19th-century icons such as the St. Roch Market. This is one of the last surviving public market buildings in New Orleans. The independent Circle Market at 1522 St. Bernard Avenue continues to thrive despite competition from national grocery chains. Longstanding oaks line St. Roch and Elysian Fields avenues, where Creole cottages and shotgun houses are being renovated and painted. A public park

891-474: The riverfront to Lake Pontchartrain 8 km (5.0 mi) away. In 1830-31 the Pontchartrain Railroad was built, with its tracks down the center of Elysian Fields. (The area at the other end of the rail line developed into Milneburg .) The neighborhood declined badly in the mid-20th century, and the area around Washington Square was nicknamed "Little Angola" (after the prison of that name ) for

924-721: The south, and North Broad Street to the west. The voting ward is geographically the third largest of the 17 Wards of New Orleans , after the 9th Ward and 15th Ward . According to the United States Census Bureau , the district has a total area of 1.16 square miles (3.0 km ), all of which is land. The New Orleans City Planning Commission defines the boundaries of Seventh Ward as these streets: A.P. Tureaud Avenue, Annette Street, Agriculture Street, Allen Street, Industry Street, St. Anthony Avenue, Duels Street, Frenchmen Street, Hope Street, Elysian Fields Avenue, St. Claude Avenue, St. Bernard Avenue, North Rampart Street, Esplanade Avenue and North Broad Street. The 7th Ward stretches from

957-612: The ward from just in from Gentilly Ridge to the Lake. Dillard University is in the Ward, as is most of the University of New Orleans campus near the lakefront. The New Orleans Fairgrounds , home to horse racing and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival , is just back from Esplanade Avenue, as is Saint Louis Cemetery #3. Frenchmen Street , the popular destination for food and live music,

990-582: Was closed and deconsecrated by the Archdiocese of New Orleans . In 1999 the Archdioceses removed the stained glass windows and organ from the building. The structure was badly damaged by flooding from Hurricane Katrina in 2005. In 2011 the church building was bought by Dave Hulbert and Scott King, who converted it into a performing arts venue, and renamed it as the Marigny Opera House. In 2011 it hosted

1023-466: Was given the name South 7th Ward, by a consensus vote of residents of the area, following several public meetings of the neighborhood's neighbor organization. The area farther back from the new Rampart/St. Claude street car to I-10 is considered New Marigny , the name dating to the early 19th century . The lower boundary, with the Bywater neighborhood, is either Press Street (a traditional boundary along

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1056-533: Was one of the first parts of town substantially developed away from the riverfront. Some of the elegant early 19th century Creole-style mansions can still be seen along Esplanade. The areas between Gentilly Ridge and the Lakefront was developed in the 20th century with improved drainage; see Drainage in New Orleans . When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans in 2005, the effects were disastrous . The London Avenue Canal breached catastrophically on both sides, flooding

1089-574: Was used to rebuild this library and four others. Two architectural firms, the New Orleans company Lee Ledbetter & Associates and the Kansas City, Missouri company Gould Evans Associates, were hired to design this library and four others. They were designed to have better access to public transportation and have reduced utility usage, including having electricity and water-saving features, in order to be more cost effective. As with most of New Orleans,

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