After serving as a temporary medical clinic for some time, the structure again began welcoming conventions in early 2006, including that of the American Library Association.
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After Hurricane Katrina passed through the city in 2005, thousands of evacuees were directed to the Convention Center as an unofficial evacuation center.
New Orleans | World Trade Center | center | Orléans | Ramsar Convention | Kennedy Space Center | Republican National Convention | Walker Art Center | Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars | Marshall Space Flight Center | Rockefeller Center | Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center | National Convention | Goddard Space Flight Center | Uptown New Orleans | Georgia World Congress Center | Fairport Convention | Staples Center | Democratic National Convention | Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts | Tanglewood Music Center | National Center for Biotechnology Information | European Convention on Human Rights | John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Center for Constitutional Rights | Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans | Georgetown University Law Center | Art Center College of Design | United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change | Southern Poverty Law Center |
A subdistrict of the Central City/Garden District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: St. Charles Avenue, Felicity, Prytania, Thalia, Magazine and Julia Streets to the north, the New Orleans Morial Convention Center, Crescent City Connection and Mississippi River to the east, Felicity, Magazine and Constance Streets, Jackson Avenue, Chippewa, Soraparu, and St. Thomas Streets to the south and 1st Street to the west.