Leonidas, New Orleans

at , New Orleans , 70118 United States

1. Neighborhood

Description

Leonidas is a neighborhood designation in the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Uptown/Carrollton Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: South Claiborne Avenue, Leonidas and Fig Streets to the north, South Carrollton Avenue to the east, the Mississippi River and Jefferson Parish to the west. Although an official city planning district name, the name "Leonidas" is not widely used nor has it any historical usage and the area is usually referred to simply as "Carrollton".The designated neighborhood incorporates the upper-river half of what had been the town of Carrollton, Louisiana, in the 19th century. It is commonly known to locals simply as "Carrollton, or to distinguish this section, "Upper Carrollton" or "West Carrollton".The portion closer to the river is often called the "Riverbend" or "Carrollton Riverbend." The section closer to the Jefferson Parish line is sometimes known as "Pigeon Town/Pension Town".Leonidas is a neighborhood in the city of New Orleans more commonly known to the locals as Pigeon Town / Pension Town. Today the area thrives on its commercial businesses but it also includes a large residential community. The formal name for the neighborhood, Leonidas, came from the famous Spartan King of 490 B.C. The name also is connected with the street that intersects through the neighborhood, Leonidas Street. The informal name, Pigeon Town, has been passed down for generations. The name has its roots in the word, pidgin. It is defined as a simplified speech used for communication between people with different languages.

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Summary

Leonidas, New Orleans is New Orleans based place and this enity listed in Neighborhood category. 70118.