Excerpt of New Orleans East Topographical Map of the Lower Ninth Ward

ID: 6418 ~ Source:
A topographical map of the area near the date of the 1949 aerial photograph of the area. Historical Topographic Map Collection (HTMC) from the United States Geological Survey
~ Date: 1967

This file appears in: Community and Placemaking in the Lower Ninth Ward

Excerpt of New Orleans East Topographical Map of the Lower Ninth Ward

The “star” represents the Lamanche Street Locus and has been added. Notice the increase of churches, parks, and development in general in just fifteen years.

This file appears in: Community and Placemaking in the Lower Ninth Ward

Community and Placemaking in the Lower Ninth Ward

By By Elena Ricci, edited by Elizabeth Williams

A hundred years ago, the area around the 2400 block of Lamanche Street was occupied by the Temple of the Innocent Blood, a spiritism church that was created and run by Mother Catherine Seals. From 1922 until her death in 1930, Mother Catherine…