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The Ward was formerly part of the old Jefferson City anexed by New Orleans in 1870. The roughly wedge shaped Ward stretches back from the Mississippi River . The lower boundary is Napoleon Avenue, across which is the 12th Ward ; the upper boundary is Jefferson Avenue, across which is the 14th Ward , which also abuts the 13th's back boundary of South Broad, The 13th Ward includes a section of Uptown New Orleans and part of the Broadmoor Neighborhood . Landmarks include the Academy of the Sacred Heart and Isidore Newman Schools, the New Orleans Academy Of Fine Arts on Magazine Street, and Memorial Medical Center, New Orleans on Napoleon Avenue. The Latter Branch of New Orleans Public Library is in an old mansion on St. Charles Avenue. 13th Ward also houses Valence St, frequently mentioned by New Orleans rapper B.G. Notable 13th Warders have included rapper The B.G. , Jazz musicians Percy Humphrey , Willie Humphrey , and Leon Roppolo . |
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