Freret is a
neighborhood
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, ...
of the city of
. 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.
"Freret" is for Freret Street, which was named for
William Freret
William Alfred Freret, Sr. (1804 – June 14, 1864) was Mayor of New Orleans from May 10, 1840, to April 4, 1842, and again from February 27, 1843, to May 12, 1844.
He was born in New Orleans, and was of mixed English and Fren ...
, a mid-19th-century
New Orleans mayor.
Geography
Freret is located at
and has an elevation of .
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the district has a total area of . of which is land and (0.0%) of which is water.
Adjacent neighborhoods
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Broadmoor (north)
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Milan
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(east)
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Uptown (south)
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Audubon
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(west)
Demographics
As of the census of 2010, there were 1,715 people, 648 households, and 363 family households.
Landmarks and Attractions
Restaurants / Bars / Amenities
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.
Hotels
The 10 story, 90 room Alder Hotel is located in the former Bristow Tower on Magnolia Street,
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See also
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New Orleans neighborhoods
The city planning commission for New Orleans divided the city into 13 planning districts and 73 distinct neighborhoods in 1980. Although initially in the study 68 neighborhoods were designated, and later increased by the City Planning Commission to ...
References
Neighborhoods in New Orleans
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