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Pines Village is a neighborhood in the city of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. A subdistrict of the New Orleans East area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are: Downman Road and Interstate 10 to the east, Chef Menteur Highway to the south, Lake Pontchartrain and Morrison Road to the north, and the Industrial Canal to the west. Sigmund Pines, the neighborhood's namesake, purchased a large piece of land closest to the Industrial Canal in the 1950s and developed it with residences. Well into the 1960s, a substantial number of homes – both doubles and single-family detached structures – were constructed.〔(Pines Village Neighborhood Snapshot ) – Greater New Orleans Community Data Center. Retrieved November 8, 2008.〕 As one of the lowest-lying areas in eastern New Orleans, homes were constructed on raised pier foundations.〔 Pines Village contains one local park, several churches, and a notable amount of industrial and commercial developments. The neighborhood was significantly impacted by Hurricane Katrina in 2005. Over 90% of residential properties as well as nearly all commercial properties in the neighborhood received flood damage, wind damage, or both.〔 Approximately 46.2% of West Lake Forest's pre-Katrina household population had returned to the neighborhood as of June 2008.〔(Table: Households Actively Receiving Mail by Neighborhood in New Orleans (June 2008) ). Retrieved November 8, 2008.〕 ==Geography== According to the United States Census Bureau, Pines Village has a total area of . of which is land and of which is water. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pines Village, New Orleans」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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