Near the river the ward includes part of the Lower Garden District and the former location of America 's first experiment with large-scale public housing , started here in 1937 , when , as part of the New Deal , President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the loan to commence construction of the St. Thomas Housing Project .
Near the river the Ward includes part of the Lower Garden District and the former location of America 's first experiment with large-scale public housing , started here in 1937 , when , as part of the New Deal , President Roosevelt signed the loan to commence construction of the St. Thomas Housing Project .