I love the Garden District.  Its really pretty and Magazine Street is cool.  Did you know the third to last picture you took (with the realty sign on the gate) was the house that " The curious case of Benjamin Button" was filmed at??  I was just there in October after seeing the movie and loved that house.

Fantastic!

I stayed just outside the Garden District when I went to New Orleans a few weeks ago.  It was beautiful! Great shots!

What a nice area. The vegetation really sets it off. Looks like paradise. The cemetary is really cool too.

 

I love the Garden District. Its really pretty and Magazine Street is cool. Did you know the third to last picture you took (with the realty sign on the gate) was the house that " The curious case of Benjamin Button" was filmed at?? I was just there in October after seeing the movie and loved that house.

 

Sweet

Beautiful neighborhood.

Looks cozy. I do like that one gritty pic; depending where it's located it might be looking like the rest.

Ink - Where are those businesses located in the Garden District? The ones in like continuous buildings built right to the sidewalk?  I was just there for the Sugar Bowl and didn't see much like that in the Garden District proper where I went but saw some south like along Magazine Street.

Ink - Where are those businesses located in the Garden District? The ones in like continuous buildings built right to the sidewalk?  I was just there for the Sugar Bowl and didn't see much like that in the Garden District proper where I went but saw some south like along Magazine Street.

 

Most are along Magazine just east of the tightest boundaries of the Garden District. I included them because the businesses identify with the Garden District and the city map I used shows the Garden District and Lower Garden District extending that far east.

The streets south of magazine are not sexy at all.

^ its a shame.  Between the river and Magazine would be a prime location for a safe urban neighborhood due to easy access to downtown, river access and proximity to the garden district.

^ its a shame.  Between the river and Magazine would be a prime location for a safe urban neighborhood due to easy access to downtown, river access and proximity to the garden district.

 

Have you seen those areas in person?

The streets south of magazine are not sexy at all.

^ its a shame. Between the river and Magazine would be a prime location for a safe urban neighborhood due to easy access to downtown, river access and proximity to the garden district.

 

 

 

Have you seen those areas in person?

 

Ahem.  The area you are speaking of, the Irish Channel, is probably the fastest appreciating real estate in the city. 

There were two houses I wanted to buy there, but I was outbid both times.

^ its a shame. Between the river and Magazine would be a prime location for a safe urban neighborhood due to easy access to downtown, river access and proximity to the garden district.

 

Have you seen those areas in person?

 

No, i didnt go south of Magazine when i was there in october based on what you suggested in some of the other New Orleans threads.  However, looking across Magazine st down some of the streets, it did not look desireable.

The streets south of magazine are not sexy at all.

^ its a shame.  Between the river and Magazine would be a prime location for a safe urban neighborhood due to easy access to downtown, river access and proximity to the garden district.

 

 

 

Have you seen those areas in person?

 

Ahem.  The area you are speaking of, the Irish Channel, is probably the fastest appreciating real estate in the city. 

There were two houses I wanted to buy there, but I was outbid both times.

 

I don't know the "name" of the area but know streets.  We sponsored a community help project on St. Thomas and 2nd street.  The area was blighted and a huge step down from the st. charles.

just giving you grief.

 

Imagine the IC as the Tremont of NOLA.  It has rapidly gentrified, nearly light speed at NOLA's pace. 

 

Just to go more into detail, the area was one of the few places on that side of the city that did not flood during the storm.  It was the "sliver on the river". 

 

Now I hear it used to be horrifically bad, but it really has changed ALOT since the storm.  It seems like a lot of people who first move to NOLA like that area.  Magazine street there really reminded me of my beloved Chicago and CLE.

Like I said, you had to move quick this past Autumn if you wanted a house there.

Great Post Ink!!  Is St. Charles street the one with the street car running down the center?

just giving you grief.

 

Imagine the IC as the Tremont of NOLA.  It has rapidly gentrified, nearly light speed at NOLA's pace. 

 

Just to go more into detail, the area was one of the few places on that side of the city that did not flood during the storm.  It was the "sliver on the river". 

 

Now I hear it used to be horrifically bad, but it really has changed ALOT since the storm.  It seems like a lot of people who first move to NOLA like that area.  Magazine street there really reminded me of my beloved Chicago and CLE.

Like I said, you had to move quick this past Autumn if you wanted a house there.

 

I was there in July.  I thought it was pretty bad and in no way comparable to Tremont.

Great Post Ink!!  Is St. Charles street the one with the street car running down the center?

Yes.

Well being there for a few days would make you the expert

Well being there for a few days would make you the expert

 

I'm not saying or hinting at that at all.  I've been going to NoLa for quite some time.

 

I know what various parts of the city were like pre and post hurricane.

 

This area around St. Thomas and 2nd street has been in the same bad condition for years. 

 

It looks nothing like Tremont (in terms of development), restaurants.  I cannot assume what financial status is, but looking at the exterior of the homes and the amount of vacant/abandonded homes I cannot agree.

Beautiful shots. I've ridden the St. Charles streetcar round-trip from Canal Street all the way to the end of the line and back. It was a beautiful ride, and busy with regular residents going about their business, not just tourists.

 

I believe virtually all of those wide park strips down the center of the major boulevards once were where the streetcars ran, and the roundabout at Lee Circle had a stub track going to Union Station.

The reason I used Tremont as a local example is because it has been a rapidly gentrifying area, it has a large "next genreation" public housing subsidized development next door, and it has some spotty parts. 

 

Here is what residents say about the area

http://www.trulia.com/voices/Home_Buying/We_are_looking_at_the_Lower_Garden_Irish_Channel_a-30946

 

Here is the neighborhood assoiciation

www.irishchannel.org

 

Here is the preservation resource center's website on the area

http://www.prcno.org/neighborhoods/brochures/IrishChannel.pdf

 

I said the area is rapidly gentrifying, meaning it is still a work in progress.  But it is a safe urban neighborhood, and will soon be the most desirable place to live if you like being in a walkable neighborhood, with under $500,000 to spend on a house.