New Orleans Center for Creative Arts

New Orleans Center for Creative Arts, or NOCCA, is the regional, pre-professional arts training center for high school students in Louisiana. NOCCA opened in 1973 as a professional arts training center for secondary school-age children.
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  • Type: School
  • Description: High school for the arts in New Orleans, Louisiana
  • Also known as: “New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA)” and “New Orleans Center for Creative Arts School”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include New Orleans Mint and New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park.

Museum
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The operated in , Louisiana, as a branch mint of the United States Mint from 1838 to 1861 and from 1879 to 1909. During its years of operation, it produced over 427 million gold and silver coins of nearly every American denomination, with a total face value of over US$307 million. is situated 2,700 feet west of New Orleans Center for Creative Arts.

is a U.S. National Historical Park in the neighborhood of , near the . It was created in 1994 to celebrate the origins and evolution of jazz.

Park
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, formerly the Place d'Armes or Plaza de Armas, is a historic park in the of , . It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1960, for its central role in the city's history, and as the site where in 1803 Louisiana was made United States territory pursuant to the Louisiana Purchase.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Faubourg Marigny and Bywater.

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The , commonly just Marigny, is a hip neighborhood just "below" the . Best known for the great live music district on Frenchmen Street, the Marigny also offers neighborhood cafes & businesses, historic architecture, and more.

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The is a portion of down the from the and the . Its boundaries are often debated. Most New Orleanians and the city's historic district office describe it as being bounded St.

Neighborhood
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The is a market and series of commercial buildings spanning six blocks in the of , . Founded as a Native American trading post predating European colonization, the market is the oldest of its kind in the United States.

New Orleans Center for Creative Arts

Latitude
29.96284° or 29° 57′ 46″ north
Longitude
-90.04936° or 90° 2′ 58″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Open location code
76XFXX72+47
Open­Street­Map ID
way 28022954
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­school
Geo­Names ID
7223905
Wiki­data ID
Q7010703
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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Swedish—“New Orleans Center for Creative Arts” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “New Orleans Center for Creative Arts”
  • Italian: “New Orleans Center for Creative Arts”
  • Swedish: “New Orleans Center for Creative Arts”

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