http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/hey-blake-i-heard-that-metairie-was-swampland-prior-to-the-1950s-or-so-who-drained-it-and-made-it-habitable/Content?oid=2079623 Comments On: Hey Blake, I heard that Metairie was swampland prior to the 1950s or so. Who drained it and made it habitable? en-us Copyright 2013 Gambit. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Gambit readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Gambit. vip@gambitweekly.com (Gambit Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Thu, 23 May 2013 18:45:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Imagine this anywhere else!
Posted by wesbjack]]> Mon, 10 Dec 2012 18:23:03 -0600 Gambit Posted by Kim Gaudet]]> Sun, 07 Oct 2012 18:40:36 -0500 Gambit Posted by Frankly53]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 22:52:56 -0500 Gambit
Metairie has generally been defined as being bounded by the lake on the North, the Orleans Parish Line on the east, the Kenner city Limits on the west and the Illinois Central Railroad tracks on the south (south of that you are in Jefferson, Elmwwod, the city of Harahan, or River Ridge). This more-or-less conforms to zip codes 70005, 70001, 70002, 70003, and 70006 ( there are some deviations on the Kennner line side).

Using those boundaries and some back-of-the-envelope calculations, you have a straight line of 6.62 miles on the southern edge, and about 4.2 on the western edge (Kenner city line) and 3.78 on the Orleans Parish edge.
Posted by Bruce Richards]]> Thu, 04 Oct 2012 13:43:31 -0500 Gambit
How are you defining Metairie? That seems way too small.
Posted by bayoustjohndavid]]> Tue, 02 Oct 2012 13:54:39 -0500 Gambit