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unusual facts about Ninth Ward



...Play Nine Songs with Mr. Quintron

The album features noted Ninth Ward nightclub organist Mr. Quintron playing organ and percussion on a number of tracks.

National Weather Service bulletin for New Orleans region

Ricks, a native of the Ninth Ward, later told NBC Nightly News that he wrote the bulletin based on his experiences with Betsy and Camille.

New Orleans mayoral election, 1946

Though he had been the local Ninth Ward boss of Huey Long's machine, Fernandez began to campaign on a reform platform.

Seabrook Floodgate

The building of the floodgate was authorized by Congress in 2006 and will operate in tandem with the Lake Borgne Surge Reduction Barrier to reduce the risk of storm surge damage to some of the New Orleans region's most vulnerable areas – New Orleans East, metro New Orleans, the Ninth Ward, Gentilly and St. Bernard Parish.


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