Carrollton is a neighborhood of uptown New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. It is the part of uptown New Orleans furthest up river from the French Quarter. It was formerly a separate town incorporated in 1833, and was annexed by New Orleans in 1874, but has long retained some elements of distinct identity. Neighbourhood is also a term in topology. ... City nickname: The Crescent City; The Big Easy; The City that Care Forgot Location Location of New Orleans Government Country   State     Parish United States   Louisiana     Orleans Parish Mayor C. Ray Nagin Physical characteristics Area      Land      Water 350. ... French Quarter: upper Chartres street looking down towards Jackson Square and the spires of St. ... 1833 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

Sign on Carrollton Avenue near St. Charles Avenue

Historically the boundaries of the city of Carrollton were the Mississippi River, the downriver border of Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, Claiborne Avenue, and Lowerline Street. As Lowerline is a small street, some people think of the neighborhood of Carrollton as extending two blocks further to the larger thoroughfare of Broadway. Download high resolution version (1569x1452, 501 KB)Town of Carrollton marker on Carrollton Avenue. ... Download high resolution version (1569x1452, 501 KB)Town of Carrollton marker on Carrollton Avenue. ... Length 6,270 km Elevation of the source 450 m Average discharge Saint Louis¹: 5,500 m³/s Vicksburg²: 16,800 m³/s Baton Rouge³: 12,800 m³/s Area watershed 2,980,000 km² Origin  Lake Itasca Mouth  Gulf of Mexico Basin countries United States (98. ... Location in the state of Louisiana Formed Seat Gretna Area  - Total  - Water 1,664 km² (642 mi²) 870 km² (336 mi²) 52. ...

The main street is broad Carrollton Avenue, lined with live oaks, with the St. Charles Avenue Streetcar running on the "neutral ground" or central median. The streetcar barn is a block off the avenue in Carrollton. The old Neoclassical Carrollton city hall building is on Carrollton Avenue near the Mississippi; today it houses Lusher Extension Middle School. Southern live oaks on Skidaway Island, near Savannah, Georgia Live oak is a common name for a number of unrelated oaks in several different sections of the genus Quercus that happen to share the character of evergreen foliage. ... The St. ... For information about the economic theory, see neoclassical economics. ... Small-town post office and town hall A city hall, or town hall is the headquarters of a citys (or towns) administration. ...

As Carrollton Avenue extends further inland beyond Claiborne, some people (especially from other parts of New Orleans) sometimes think of that area as part of Carrollton as well; sometimes the phrase "Old Carrollton" is used to refer to the stricter boundaries.

The neighborhood and Avenue are pronounced "Care-ol-ton" by residents and other uptowners, but many people from the downtown parts of New Orleans (especially those born in the mid 20th century and earlier) pronounce the names as "Karl- ton". (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...

Tulane University and Loyola University New Orleans are just a few blocks below Carrolton, and many students, faculty, and staff live in the area and patronize the businesses there. Tulane University Tulane University is a private, nonsectarian university located in New Orleans, Louisiana. ... Loyola University New Orleans is a private, co-educational Jesuit university in the United States with 5,900 students (3800 undergraduates). ...

Small businesses line Maple Street

In addition to Carrollton Avenue and Saint Charles Avenue, the neighborhood still retains two "neighborhood main streets" of mixed residential and commercial use. Lower Carrollton centers on Maple Street, with many restaurants, coffee houses, bars, and upscale shops. Upper Carrollton has Oak Street, formerly hosting somewhat larger businesses (such as Woolworth); current businesses there range from restaurants and a hardware store to the best known of the neighborhoods live music venues, the Maple Leaf Bar. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1122x645, 251 KB) Maple Street commercial District, Carrollton, Louisiana, April, 2005 Photo by Infrogmation File links The following pages link to this file: Carrollton, Louisiana ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1122x645, 251 KB) Maple Street commercial District, Carrollton, Louisiana, April, 2005 Photo by Infrogmation File links The following pages link to this file: Carrollton, Louisiana ... Toms Diner, a restaurant in New York made familiar by Suzanne Vega and the television sitcom Seinfeld A restaurant is an establishment that serves prepared food and beverages to be consumed on the premises. ... A Street Cafe, Jerusalem, Henry Fenn (1838- ): steel engraving in Picturesque Palestine, ca 1875 A coffeehouse, coffee shop, or caf shares some of the characteristics of a bar, and some of the characteristics of a restaurant. ... Tourists sit outside a bar in Chiang Mai, Thailand A bar is an establishment where alcoholic beverages are sold to be drunk on the premises. ... F.W. Woolworth Company the original USA based chain of high street shops. ... Hardware is equipment such as fasteners, keys, locks, hinges, latches, corners, handles, wire, chains, plumbing supplies, tools, utensils, cutlery and machine parts, especially when they are made of metal. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Music Look up Music on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikisource, as part of the 1911 Encyclopedia Wikiproject, has original text related to this article: Music Wikicities has a wiki about Music: Music MusicNovatory: the science of music encyclopedia Science of Music...

At the inland boundary of Carrollton on Claiborne Avenue is Palmer Park, which hosts some moderate sized live music festivals each year. The park has a monument to the Carrolltonians who died in World War I. World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ...

The historically predominantly African-American part of Carrollton along the riverfront has been known since the mid 20th century as "Black Pearl." In the late 19th century and early 20th it was also called by the nickname (now considered very derogatory) common for African American neighborhoods at the time, "Nigger-town". A possible location of the legendary House of the Rising Sun was here. Mahalia Jackson was from the Black Pearl section of Carrollton. African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans, Black Americans, or blacks, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to West Africa. ... Alternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical) (18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801-1900 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar. ... The word nigger is a highly controversial term used in many English-speaking countries, including the United States, Canada, Britain, and Australia to refer to individuals with dark skin, especially those of African descent who previously were racially classified by the now outdated term Negro. ... The House of the Rising Sun is a United States folk song. ... Mahalia Jackson in 1962, photographed by Carl Van Vechten Mahalia Jackson (October 26, 1911–January 27, 1972) was a United States gospel singer, widely regarded as one of the best in the history of the genre. ...

Most of Carrollton has long been ethnically mixed, with "free people of color" owning homes in other parts of the town before the American Civil War. Many immigrants from Germany, Ireland, and other parts of the United States settled here in the 19th century. The American Civil War was fought in the United States from 1861 until 1865 between the United States – forces coming mostly from the 23 northern states of the Union – and the newly-formed Confederate States of America, which consisted of 11 southern states that had declared their secession. ...

The post of "mayor of Carrollton" survived to the 1980s, although it was an informal one, representing the concerns of the neighborhood to the New Orleans city council. // Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 60s and 70s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...

As of 2004, the United States Postal Service still delivers mail addressed either as "Carrollton, Louisiana" or "New Orleans, Louisiana. The ZIP Code is 70118. 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A USPS truck in San Francisco A smaller truck used in suburban areas This article describes the United States Postal Service. ... Mr. ...

During New Orleans Mardi Gras celebrations, the Krewe of OAK parades through Carrollton. Revelers, Frenchmen Street, Faubourg Marigny. ... The Krewe of OAK is a small neighborhood New Orleans Mardi Gras krewe and parade held in the Carrollton neighborhood of New Orleans, Louisiana. ... United States Marines on parade. ...

External links

• Wikitravel:New Orleans/Carrollton