Desire Area

Desire Area is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. A subdistrict of the Bywater District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Gentilly Boulevard to the north, the Industrial Canal to the east, Florida Boulevard, Alvar Street, Higgins Boulevard, Piety Street, Pleasure Street, Oliver White Avenue, and Desire Street to the south and People's Avenue to the west. Desire Area is located at 29°59′39″N 90°02′04″W / 29.99417°N 90.03444°W / 29.99417; -90.03444 and has an elevation of 0 feet (0.0 m). According to the United States Census Bureau, the district has a total area of 1.83 square miles (4.7 km). 1.72 square miles (4.5 km) of which is land and 0.11 square miles (0.3 km) (6.01%) of which is...