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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 of [[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
==Geography==
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[[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 of 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".
In the early 1960s, in an [[urban renewal]] project later considered a mistake by most analysts, a large portion of central Tremé was torn down. The land stood vacant for some time, then in the 1970s the city created [[Louis Armstrong Park (New Orleans)|Louis Armstrong Park]] in the area and named [[Congo Square]] within Armstrong Park. In 1994, the
Musicians from Tremé include [[Alphonse Picou]], [[Kermit Ruffins]], [[Troy "Trombone Shorty" Andrews]], [[Lucien Barbarin]], and "The King of Treme" [[Shannon Powell]]. 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
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==African-American heritage sites==
Located in Tremé, the
==Education==
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