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The neighborhood near the point described above came to be called
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Opelousas Avenue, Atlantic Avenue and the river. The Algiers Point
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of land around which the river flows—albeit a significant one. Since the 1970s, the name
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Just off this point is where the
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lie on the outside of the bend on the river's left descending bank. The point of land on the river's right descending bank is, and has historically been, called
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