LAKESHORE & LAKEFRONT : Neighborhood in New Orleans, Louisiana

The Lake-area neighborhoods offer residents the lagoons of City Park plus the sparkling waters of Lake Pontchartrain. Residents enjoy fishing and picnicking by the lake and strolling, jogging or biking on the abundance of walkways and bike paths in the parks. City Park is home to some of the oldest live oaks in the city, and nature lovers appreciate its Botanical Gardens and Arboretum.

Harrison Avenue, Robert E. Lee and West End Boulevards on the New Orleans Lakefront have become known for their renowned restaurants, coffee shops, supermarkets, retail shops, and lush walking paths that connect many neighborhood homes in Lake Vista.

Lake-area neighborhoods lie on land reclaimed from Lake Pontchartrain in the early 20th century. Soil was dredged from the lake and a seawall constructed in a project started by the Orleans Levee Board in the 1920s and continued by the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression.

Properties in lake-area neighborhoods often have spacious yards, private driveways and backyard pools plus they offer a good deal of security and privacy. The area is also distinguished by its proximity to Lake Pontchartrain, which runs along the entire northern expanse and gave the neighborhoods their names. The lake is enjoyed by outdoor enthusiasts along Lakeshore Drive, and is accessible to boaters and yachters from various points near the Southern Yacht Club and the refurbished Point near the renovated Lighthouse landmark.

These communities are among New Orleans’ newer neighborhoods and the area includes the 18th century Old Spanish Fort, whose origins predate the official founding of the city.

After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, while some homes and businesses flooded, the majority of the lakefront escaped the flooding, by virtue of the higher elevation of this man-made land. Post-Katrina, the lakefront appeared as a slender, curiously undamaged and almost wholly recovered zone.

The area between the New Basin Canal and the Orleans Canal is the Lakeshore neighborhood, divided into Lakeshore West and Lakeshore East by Canal Boulevard. The Robert E. Lee strip mall occupies the southwest corner of Lakeshore West.

East of the Orleans Canal and the linear park along its banks is the Lake Vista neighborhood, as designed along Garden City lines. The entire subdivision is one superblock; that is, arterial streets (e.g. Allen Toussaint, Lakeshore and Marconi Drives) pass around but not through it. All interior streets terminate in cul-de-sacs.

When you need a real estate agent in the Lakeshore and Lakefront area, Burk Brokerage Agents are your neighborhood real estate experts!