Carrollton, New Orleans

Carrollton is a neighborhood of uptown New Orleans, Louisiana. It is the part of uptown New Orleans furthest up river from the French Quarter. It was formerly a seperate town, and was incorporated into New Orleans in 1869, but has long retained some elements of distinct identity.

Historically the boundries 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 lthink of the neighborhood of Carrollton as extending two blocks further to the lartger throughofare of Broadway.

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; it is now a publc school.

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 boundries.

Tulane University and Loyola University New Orleans are just a few blocks below Carrolton, and many students, professors, and University workers live in the area and patronize the businesses there.

In addition to Carrollton Avenue and Saint Charles Avenue, the neighborhood still retains two "neighborhood main streets" of mixed residential and commercial use. Lower Carrolton centers on Maple Street, with many restaurants, coffee houses, bars, and upscale shops. Lower Carrollton has Oak Street, formerly hosting somewhat larger businesses (such as Woolworths); current businesses there range from restaurants and a hardware store to the best known of the neighborhoods live music venues, the Maple Leaf Bar.

At the inland boundry 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.

The post of "mayor of Carrollton" survived to the 1980s, although it was an informatl one, representing the concerns of the neighborhood to the New Orleans city council.

As of 2004, the United States Postal Service still delivers mail addressed either as "Carrolton, Louisiana" or "New Orleans, Louisiana. The Zip code is 70118.