wo other areas of note are the Irish Channel and Basin Street. The Irish Channel sprung up in the 1820s as poor Irish and German immigrants came seeking a better life and were not welcome in the older and more affluent sections of town. So they settled in an area south of the Garden District near the river. It is shown in the following map as a purple area, located fairly close to the Garden District on the riverside of Magazine Street, and extending to the river. This is where you'll find one of New Orleans' true neighborhoods. The area today contains many Blacks and Hispanics, and is a vibrant community. There is much remaining of the Irish and German legacy, however, in the toughness and lively spirit of the population, in addition to the architecture of it's houses and churches.

Everyone knows that Basin Street is famous for Jazz music, but it really was more notable for it's "redlight district", Storyville. The bordellos that lined Basin Street in the 1890s were actually where jazz musicians such as Jelly Roll Morton and Louis Armstrong got their start. These were not quite the sort of places where you'd expect a major form of music to have as its birthplace, but the customers who came here expected good entertainment, no matter what the form. Basin Street and Storyville were just a small part, however, of the neighborhood known as Faubourg Treme'. Named for Claude Treme', a nearby plantation owner whose land was acquired by the city in the early 19th century and incorporated into its borders, the historic area is just now returning to a semblance of its former self. Depicted as a red rectangle adjacent to the French Quarter here, Treme' is the home to two historic cemeteries and a large park named for Louis Armstrong.

The last of these eight areas is the Warehouse District. Although it is a part of the Lower Garden District, it is an area worth mentioning.This zone of old warehouses-turned-upscale apartment buildings has undergone many changes since the 1984 World's Fair occupied its streets. It is now a vibrant community in it's own right, with restaurants, museums, art galleries, and nightclubs. The newest of its attractions is the National D-Day Museum. Opened on the 56th Anniversary of the Normandy Landing on June 6th, this is the latest world-class attraction to come to the city. This area also contains the Ernest Morial Convention Center, one of the largest of its kind in the world, with over 1.1 million square feet of exhibit space. During the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005, it was a scene of misery and suffering until the National Guard arrived.