New Orleans: Neighbourhood

Treme Dept: NEW ORLEANS - The colorful and musical New Orleans neighbourhood called Treme is marking the 200th anniversary of its origins as an early melting pot for the city and the U.S, according to Winnipeg Free Press. "All the things sacred to New Orleans bubbled up from that neighbourhood, because Treme had such a mixture of people and cultures," said Toni Rice, a spokeswoman for one of the neighbourhood groups organizing its bicentennial celebration. "It wasn't just slaves. It wasn't all white or all black. It was German, Spanish, Haitian, Italian." In this Oct. 11, 2012 photo, Anne White hugs jazz vocalist John Boutte in the Treme section of New Orleans. The historic New Orleans neighborhood where immigrants, free people of color and slaves were allowed to own property, worship on Sundays and gather in public to dance and play music, has hit a milestone. It was roughly 200 years ago that cottages were built and a community established just beyond the French Quarter in the area named for French milliner and property owner, Claude Treme. The neighborhood is considered one of America's most unique, and it is getting a new lease on life thanks, in part, to the spotlight provided by HBO's series, Treme. It's also at the center of a $4 billion redevelopment plan. AP Photo/Gerald Herbert Treme is considered one of America's most unusual neighbourhoods and holds significant place in the history of jazz. It is also getting some new energy thanks in part to the spotlight provided by the HBO series "Treme." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.