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Posted on 5/15/25 at 10:55 am to boxcarbarney
I grew up in the Cannes Brulee subdivision which was right next to Esplanade. Spent so many summers in the late 90's/early 00's riding my bike to the mall and that crappy theater nearby (Hollywood Cinema). That theater is now a church and obviously the mall is dead.
Like others said, after Katrina is really when that area (and Kenner as a whole) declined. I could tell the "demographics" in my subdivision changing as I left for LSU in 2008 and has only gotten worse. My parents (kennabrah diehards) finally had enough and sold my childhood home a few years ago.
Like others said, after Katrina is really when that area (and Kenner as a whole) declined. I could tell the "demographics" in my subdivision changing as I left for LSU in 2008 and has only gotten worse. My parents (kennabrah diehards) finally had enough and sold my childhood home a few years ago.
This post was edited on 5/15/25 at 10:56 am
Posted on 5/15/25 at 11:02 am to LSUFanHouston
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Lots of pumps never turned on
North Kenner / University City area is very low and was wrecked
Let me make corrections here.
Broussard sent the parish Pump Operators to Bogalusa to keep them safe. Hurricanes turn northeast after landfall so these operators couldn't get back to start the pumps.
You're wrong about University City. UC NEVER flooded before, even during the May 3rd Flood where Williams and West Esplanade did. This was all because of Broussard's dumb arse move.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 11:03 am to boxcarbarney
Last time I was at that mall was in 2018. Went to Cafe du Monde there. I think that we went on a weekday and it caught my attention that over half of the stores were out of business. The mall was dead and I think that we were the only customers at the Cafe.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 11:03 am to boxcarbarney
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Lakeside seems to be doing well.
Read an article about this phenomenon recently. It seems higher end malls and shopping centers are mostly doing great, while the standard mid-tier malls, full of the standard crap stores that you see at every other mall, fail. The high end malls tend to have several “destination” type stores (or restaurants) that are not present in every other regional mall which serve as a draw. Also, higher end shoppers tend to not change their buying patterns as the economy yo-yo’s around.
For fellow dead mall watchers out there, which Louisiana malls do you think will go out next? Lakeside and Mall of Louisiana seem to have solid traffic still. I’ve heard Acadiana Mall in Lafayette is pretty sad these days. Is the Mall in Houma still holding on?
This post was edited on 5/15/25 at 11:09 am
Posted on 5/15/25 at 11:10 am to boxcarbarney
I was partial to the mall that was kind of attached to the Sueprdome. Did that one just go to shite around Katrina?
Posted on 5/15/25 at 11:13 am to boxcarbarney
Five minutes from my house.
That was a nice place in its day.
So was the Lake Forest Plaza in its day which seems like eons ago. Ditto the New Orleans Center.
Now all we have is Lakeside.
That was a nice place in its day.
So was the Lake Forest Plaza in its day which seems like eons ago. Ditto the New Orleans Center.
Now all we have is Lakeside.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 1:39 pm to MyRockstarComplex
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I was partial to the mall that was kind of attached to the Sueprdome. Did that one just go to shite around Katrina?
New Orleans Centre was in trouble before Katrina. It never had full occupancy and was plagued by shrinkage issues (code word for shoplifting, which I heard first hand from a Macy's manager was rampant at that mall. Anecdotally, he told me it was amazing how much shoplifting was from City Hall employees who worked right across Poydras St.)
The Lord and Taylor was closed in the early 2000s, which closed off the mall entrance to busy Poydras Street, further limiting walk in access and lessening customers.
It DID flood during Katrina and never re-opened.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 1:41 pm to MyRockstarComplex
quote:I worked at the lord & Taylor there (1999-2001) and it was always on the brink of closing
I was partial to the mall that was kind of attached to the Sueprdome
Posted on 5/15/25 at 5:08 pm to Dav
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I grew up in the Cannes Brulee
What street?
Posted on 5/15/25 at 5:23 pm to GreenRockTiger
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I worked at the lord & Taylor there (1999-2001) and it was always on the brink of closing
I have fond memories of playing the 3DO gaming system in the electronics section of L&T much of the summer of 93 or 94.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 5:26 pm to geauxpurple
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Now all we have is Lakeside.
You still have Oakwood if you daring enough for a Westbank experience.
Downtown Nola still has the Riverwalk Outlets and Canal Place.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 5:26 pm to MyRockstarComplex
quote:I don’t remember lord & Taylor selling electronics… well, not gaming consoles
I have fond memories of playing the 3DO gaming system in the electronics section of L&T much of the summer of 93 or 94.
But maybe they did
Posted on 5/15/25 at 5:28 pm to GreenRockTiger
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I don’t remember lord & Taylor selling electronics… well, not gaming consoles But maybe they did
Wasn’t there an electronics section on the second floor near the exit into the mall? Maybe it wasn’t a 3DO, but some sort of laserdisc player that also had interactive games. shite blew my mind, whatever it was.
Posted on 5/15/25 at 5:30 pm to MyRockstarComplex
In the summer of 93-94 I was like 12/13 y/o - I don’t remember that mall too much from that time
We went to Krauss on Canal St for most things back then
We went to Krauss on Canal St for most things back then
Posted on 5/15/25 at 5:36 pm to GreenRockTiger
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We went to Krauss on Canal St for most things back then
Damn, I wish I could go back in time and shop there:
They had everything. If they didn’t have it, you didn’t need it. Ironically, that is the same motto as the Pierre Part Store, but they have a full line of groceries too.
This post was edited on 5/15/25 at 5:41 pm
Posted on 5/15/25 at 5:48 pm to Tarps99
Krauss was awesome. My mawmaw sewed so we went to the fabric department a lot
The little restaurant had good chili
And I bought my most favorite neat and sweet (winter formal) dress there
The little restaurant had good chili
And I bought my most favorite neat and sweet (winter formal) dress there
Posted on 5/16/25 at 10:51 am to boxcarbarney
That jingle is terrible. It makes my ears hurt.
Posted on 5/16/25 at 11:05 am to BobABooey
Posted on 5/16/25 at 11:12 am to boxcarbarney
Manchu wok honey garlic chicken was the goat when we were in college.
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