The Tremé is the US's oldest Black neighbourhood. Congo Square is its public space, now part of Armstrong Park, and Storyville was carved out of it from 1897-1917. It's where jazz, Mardi Gras Indians, and the second line were born.
The Tremé is the US's oldest Black neighbourhood. Congo Square is its public space, now part of Armstrong Park, and Storyville was carved out of it from 1897-1917. It's where jazz, Mardi Gras Indians, and the second line were born.