City of New Orleans
City of New Orleans
City portal for dealings with the city.
New Orleans Police Department
NOPD 5th District Incident Sheet
Form for 5th District residents to report abandoned cars, broken or oscured street lights etc. or other complaints. Only for Marigny residents between living between Ellysian Fields Ave. and Press Street.
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Arts
Recycle For The Arts
A non-profit dedicated to supporting the arts by facilitating the dontaion of recycled materials for art creation and promoting the benefits and importance of recycling and reuse.
New Orleans Center For Creative Arts (NOCCA)
Is a world-class pre-professional arts training center which provides intensive instruction in dance, media arts, music (classical, jazz, vocal), theatre arts (drama, musical theatre, theatre design) , visual arts, and creative writing, to students from public, private, and parochial schools across Louisiana. NOCCA showcases their student's work in planned events throught the year.
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Representatives
Mayor Ray Nagin
Councilmember James Carter
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Architecture/Renovation/Preservation
Historic District Landmarks Commission
"The Historic District Landmarks Commission (HDLC) is the City's regulatory agency for local historic districts outside of the Vieux Carré. Established in 1976, this agency provides the staff and office space for the two Commissions." Rules which affect the external property of any building in the Marigny are available from this agency. Permits can be applied for in person, and violations can be reported to them directly.
Preservation Resource Center
Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans promotes preservation of New Orleans' architecture and neighborhoods. They host many homebuyer activities including homebuyer training classes and "how to buy an old house?" The PRC website maintains one of the most inclusive lists for links relevant to the historic home owner and is well worth the visit. Just click on "links".
Tulane University's Southeasten Architectural Archive (SEAA)
Tulane University's Southeasten Architectural Archive (SEAA) is one of the larger collerctions of architectural drawings and building records in the south. Since its founding in 1980, SEAA has built a collection for the study of architectural and urban history focusing on New Orleans and Louisiana."
Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation
"Established by Congress in 1966, the National Register of Historic Places is the nation's official list of significant historic properties. Each state has a historic preservation office which is responsible for nominating buildings, sites, districts, etc. to the Register. In Louisiana this program is administered by the Division of Historic Preservation, which is part of the Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism."
The National Park Service Link to the Past
A guide which covers all aspects of caring for historic buildings - "from choosing appropriate treatments to actually doing the work in ways that meet historic preservation standards."
Historic American Buildings Survey/Historic American Engineering Record
Collections of large format black and white and color photographs with written historical and descriptive data. Several Marigny houses are included in the study done in an effort to document America's built environment.
City of New Orleans Division of Housing and Neighborhood Development
Link to the Division of Housing and Neighborhood Development for programs that include the home ownership programs: a. Citizen Home Ownership helps low to moderate income residents with down payment and closing costs. b. City employee Home Ownership helps eligible city employees become firsttime home owners through forgivable loans for down payments and closing costs. c. Information about grants to low-income homeowners for repairs to meet City Housing Code standards.
City of New Orleans Saftey and Permits
Link to Department of Safety and Permits which provides permits for building construction, alteration, remodeling, renovation and demolition.
The New Orleans Notarial Archives (NONA)
The New Orleans Notarial Archives (NONA) holds some forty million pages of signed acts compiled by the notaries of New Orleans, Louisiana over three centuries. They reside in the only archive dedicated to notarial records in the United States. In New Orleans, nearly every property transaction that has occurred since the founding of the city was recorded by, or found its way to, a notary's office.
1999 Land Use Plan
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Marigny History
New Olreans Public Library
The New Orleans Public Library web site.
Louisiana State Museum
New Orleans most prominent heritage attraction is the Louisiana State Museum, a complex of national landmarks housing thousands of artifacts and works of art reflecting Louisiana's legacy of historic events and cultural diversity. The Museum operates five properties in the famous French Quarter: the Cabildo, Presbytere, 1850 House, Old U.S. Mint and Madame John's Legacy. Also the Wedell-Williams Memorial Aviation Museum in Patterson,the Old Courthouse in Natchitoches, and the E.D. White Historic Site in Thibodaux.
The Historic New Orleans Collection
Website of the Historic New Orleans Collection. Can learn about current exhibitions, public programs, publications, the HNOC's collection of historic buildings, research collections, guided tours and the gift shop.
Tulane University Amistad Reseach Center
The Center is a manuscripts library for the study of ethnic history and culture and race relations in the United States. While the focus is national, the holdings are international in scope. Researchers who use these resources find information about social, economic, and political history that leads to new interpretations of history.
Greater New Orleans Community Data Center
Provides statistics based on the U.S. Census Bureau data for the Marigny such as: People & Household Characteristics, Housing & Housing Costs, Income & Poverty, Transportation, Employment, Educational Attainment, Immigration & Language, Disabilities and Neighborhood Characteristics.
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