Hollygrove, New Orleans

Hollygrove is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, located in the city's 17th Ward. A subdistrict of the Uptown/Carrollton Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Palmetto Street to the north, Cambronne, Edinburgh, Forshey, Fig and Leonidas Streets to the east, South Claiborne Avenue to the south and Jefferson Parish to the west.

Conrad playground, the Cuccia-Byrnes playground and Larry Gilbert baseball stadium are located in Hollygrove. The Hollygrove Farm and Market is also located in Hollygrove.

Geography

Hollygrove is located at 29°57′57″N 90°07′16″W Template:GR and has an elevation of 0 feet (0.0 m)Template:GR. According to the United States Census Bureau, the district has a total area of 0.62 square miles (1.6 km²), 0.62 square miles (1.6 km²) of which is land and 0.00 square miles (0.0 km²) (0.0%) of which is water.

Adjacent neighborhoods

• Lakewood (north)
• Dixon (northeast)
• Gert Town (east)
• Leonidas (south)
• Jefferson Parish (west)
• Palm Air (northeast)
• NorthWest Carrollton
• Fountainebleau, New Orleans

Boundaries

The City Planning Commission defines the boundaries of Hollygrove as these streets: Palmetto Street, Cambronne Street, Edinburgh Street, Forshey Street, Fig Street Leonidas Street, South Claiborne Avenue and the Monticello Canal. The Neighborhood defines its boundaries as S. Carrolltonn, S. Claiborne, Monticello (@the canal, Orleans/Jefferson Parish line) and Airline Highway. Earhart Blvd. runs through the neighborhood.

Demographics

As of the censusTemplate:GR of 2000, there were 6,919 people, 2,655 households, and 1,803 families residing in the neighborhood. The population density was 11,160 /mi² (4,323 /km²). The population consists of 45% Caucasian, 40% African American, and 15% Latino of any race/Asian.

History

This low flood-prone area within the city limits was little developed until the 1920s with improved drainage (see Drainage in New Orleans), 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, one of them being "New Orleans Manic".

Notable people from Hollygrove

Many notable musical artists grew up in Holly Grove, including:

• Johnny Adams, R&B singer
• Theryl DeClouet, member of Galactic
• Fiend, rapper
• Lil Wayne, rapper
• Mack Maine, rapper
• DJ Hollygrove, DJ, Radio Personality(Chopnotslop.com 1st 24 Hour Screwed Up Radio)

See also

• New Orleans neighborhoods