Pontchartrain Gardens: I-10 at Clearview
Few places in Louisiana have a history as closely tied to the suburban expansion of greater New Orleans as Pontchartrain Gardens. The neighborhood lies in Metairie, Jefferson Parish, in the low-lying urban belt between New Orleans and Lake Pontchartrain. Interstate 10 runs through this part of the metropolitan area, linking it with the wider Gulf Coast highway network. Pontchartrain Gardens belongs to the spread of residential and commercial districts that followed New Orleans’s growth beyond its historic core. New Orleans, immediately east of Jefferson Parish, is renowned as a birthplace of jazz and for its Mardi Gras traditions.
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Few communities in Louisiana have a history as closely tied to suburban growth beside Lake Pontchartrain as Pontchartrain Gardens. Set within Jefferson Parish and the New Orleans metropolitan area, this residential district occupies the low-lying urban plain between the lake and the Mississippi River. Lake Pontchartrain is a brackish estuary whose shoreline, levees and changing weather patterns shape daily life across this part of southeastern Louisiana. New Orleans’ traditions of jazz and Mardi Gras provide the wider cultural setting. Continue with other webcams from the area to see how this part of southeastern Louisiana connects regionally.
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