Lakeview, New Orleans Lakeview, an iconic neighborhood of New Orleans, is one of the newer areas of this historic city. Its oldest residents can still recount the beginnings of Lakeview with fond recollections. In the 19th century, the area that is now Lakeview was mostly undeveloped swampland and was later developed and turned into a residential area by a few enterprising land companies. By the '20s and '30s houses dotted the streets of Lakeview and kids walked to school along the shores of the New Basin Canal. It was an idyllic childhood in a tumultuous time. Muriel B. MacHauer was one of...