Freret is a neighborhood of the city of New Orleans. The Freret neighborhood contains a thriving commercial corridor. A subdistrict of the Uptown/Carrollton Area, its boundaries as defined by the New Orleans City Planning Commission are: South Claiborne Avenue to the north, Napoleon Avenue to the east, LaSalle Street to the south and Jefferson Avenue to the west.[1]
Freret | |
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New Orleans neighborhood | |
![]() Freret Commercial Corridor, Overlooking Freret Festival | |
Coordinates: 29°56′15″N 90°06′25″W | |
Country | United States |
State | Louisiana |
City | New Orleans |
Planning District | District 3, Uptown/Carrollton |
Area | |
• Total | 0.19 sq mi (0.5 km2) |
• Land | 0.19 sq mi (0.5 km2) |
• Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
Elevation | 0 ft (0 m) |
Population (2000) | |
• Total | 2,446 |
• Density | 13,000/sq mi (5,000/km2) |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
Area code(s) | 504 |
"Freret" is for Freret Street, which was named for William Freret, a mid-19th-century New Orleans mayor.
Freret is located at 29°56′15″N 90°06′25″W [2] and has an elevation of 0 feet (0.0 m).[3] According to the United States Census Bureau, the district has a total area of 0.19 square miles (0.5 km2). 0.19 square miles (0.5 km2) of which is land and 0.00 square miles (0.0 km2) (0.0%) of which is water.
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,715 people, 648 households, and 363 family households.[4]
The Freret Commercial Corridor, located on Freret Street between Jefferson and Napoleon Avenue, has over 17 restaurants, 3 coffee shops, and 3 bars, a continence store, and a grocery store.
The 10 story, 90 room Alder Hotel is located in the former Bristow Tower on Magnolia Street,[5][6]
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