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'''Tremé''' ({{IPAc-en|t|r|ə|ˈ|m|eɪ}} {{respell|trə|MAY|'}}) is a [[New Orleans neighborhoods|neighborhood]] of the city ofin [[New Orleans]], in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Louisiana]]. "Tremé" is often rendered as '''Treme''', and historically the neighborhood is sometimes called by its more formal French name, the '''Faubourg Tremé''';<ref>''[[Faubourg]]'' is a French word meaning "[[suburb]]".</ref> it is listed in the New Orleans City Planning Districts as '''Tremé / Lafitte''' when including the [[Lafitte Projects]]. Originally known as "Back of Town", urban planners renamed the neighborhood "Faubourg Tremé" in an effort to revitalize the historic area{{when|date=July 2014}}. A subdistrict of the Mid-City District Area, its boundaries as defined by the City Planning Commission are [[Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans|Esplanade Avenue]] to the east, [[Rampart Street|North Rampart Street]] to the south, St. Louis Street to the west and North Broad Street to the north. It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the city, and early in the city's history was the main neighborhood of [[free people of color]]. Historically a racially mixed neighborhood, it remains an important center of the city's [[African-American]] and [[Creoles of color|Créole]] culture, especially the modern [[brass band]] tradition.

[[File:TremeStPrison1838Louisiana - New Orleans - NARA - 23940537 Treme 1922.jpg|thumb|right|Parish Prison,Treme Treméin 18381922]]

The modern Tremé neighborhood began as the Morand Plantation and two forts—St. Ferdinand and St. John. Near the end of the 18th century, Claude Tremé purchased the land from the original plantation owner. By 1794 the [[Carondelet Canal]] was built from the French Quarter to [[Bayou St. John]], splitting the land. Developers began building subdivisions throughout the area to house a diverse population that included Caucasians and free persons of color.<ref>{{ cite web

Tremé abuts the north, or lake, side of the [[French Quarter]], away from the [[Mississippi River]]&mdash;"back of town" as earlier generations of New Orleanians used to say. Its traditional borders were [[Rampart Street]] on the south, Canal Street on the west, [[Esplanade Avenue, New Orleans|Esplanade Avenue]] on the east, and Broad Street on the north. [[Claiborne Avenue]] is a primary thoroughfare through the neighborhood. At the end of the 19th century, the [[Storyville, New Orleans|Storyville]] [[red-light district]] was carved out of the upper part of Tremé; in the 1940s this was torn down and made into a [[public housing]] project. This area is no longer considered part of the neighborhood. The "town square" of Tremé was [[Congo Square]]&mdash;originally known as "Place des Nègres"&mdash;where [[slavery|slave]]s gathered on Sundays to dance. This tradition flourished until the [[United States]] took control, and officials grew more anxious about unsupervised gatherings of slaves in the years before the Civil War.

[[File:NewOrleansNegroStreetWalkerEvans1935.jpg|thumb|left|'New Orleans Negro street' 1935]]The square was also an important place of business for slaves, enabling some to purchase their freedom from sales ofselling crafts and goods there. For much of the rest of the 19th century, the square was an open-air [[Market (place)|market]]. "[[Creoles of color]]" brass and symphonic bands gave concerts, providing the foundation for a more improvisational style that would come to be known as "[[Jazz]]". At the end of the 19th century, the city officially renamed the square "Beauregard Square" after the French Créole Confederate General [[P.G.T. Beauregard]], but the neighborhood people seldom used that name. Late in the 20th century, the city restored the traditional name of "Congo Square".

Musicians from Tremé include [[Doreen Ketchens]], [[Alphonse Picou]], [[Kermit Ruffins]], [[Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews]], [[Lucien Barbarin]], and "The King of Treme" [[Shannon Powell]]. Additionally, comedian [[Mark Normand]] grew up in the neighborhood. While predominantly African-American, the population has been mixed from the 19th century through to the 21st. Jazz musicians of [[Europe]]an ancestry such as [[Henry Ragas]] and [[Louis Prima]] also lived in Tremé. Also, Joe's Cozy Corner in Tremé is often considered the birthplace of [[Rebirth Brass Band]], one of the most notable current New Orleans bands. [[Alex Chilton]], who led the rock groups [[Big Star]] and [[The Box Tops]], lived in Tremé from the early 1990s until his death in 2010.<ref>{{ cite web

*''Shake the Devil Off'' (2007),<ref>[http://www.shakethedeviloff.com ::: Shake The Devil Off :::<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> a documentary co-written by Swiss-based director [[Peter Entell]] with Lydia Breen, that explores the post-Katrina lives of parishioners at St. Augustine Church in the Tremé (the oldest predominantly black Catholic parish in the nation). [[Jerome LeDoux|Father Jerome LeDoux]] (St. Augustine's priest 1990-2005) was a central character in the film. In 2006, he was recognized by the City of New Orleans for his work fostering greater appreciation of the Tremé's black history and culture.

*''[[Faubourg Treme: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans]]'' (2008),<ref>{{cite book| date=2008|url=http://www.tremedoc.com/| title=Faubourg Tremé: The Untold Story of Black New Orleans|website=tremedoc.com|publisher=Serendipity Films|authorsauthor1=Logsdon, Dawn & |author2=Elie, Lolis Eric }}</ref> a documentary film by Dawn Logsdon and [[Lolis Eric Elie]], former ''Times Picayune'' columnist and later HBO ''[[Treme (TV series)|Tremé]]'' staff writer, which bridges the pre- and post-Katrina stories of Tremé (America’s oldest surviving black community and neighborhood) and features a cast of local musicians, artists and writers

*Jazz singer [[Dee Dee Bridgewater]] recorded her album ''[[Dee Dee's Feathers]]'' (2015) in Esplanade Studios in Tremé, to commemorate 10th anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dee Dee Bridgewater: Dee Dee's Feathers|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/dee-dees-feathers-mw0002835506|website=[[Allmusic]]|accessdateaccess-date=1 December 2017}}</ref>

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