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Why hasn't the Great City of Baton Rouge annexed Gardere?
Posted on 11/16/14 at 7:51 pm
Posted on 11/16/14 at 7:51 pm
Just wondering.
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Posted on 11/16/14 at 7:53 pm to Artie Rome
Posted on 11/16/14 at 7:55 pm to Artie Rome
is it once more time for my wistfully nostalgic essay on the old Gardere?
Posted on 11/16/14 at 7:55 pm to Kafka
Please enlighten us!!
Posted on 11/16/14 at 7:58 pm to Strannix
Many moons ago white folks lived there.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 7:59 pm to Artie Rome
Give us your malls. Your casinos. Your huddled masses of revenue streams. But keep that shite.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 7:59 pm to Kafka
i used to live over back there
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:00 pm to Strannix
as always, it will take a grass roots mandate to make me overcome my innate modesty and repost it
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:02 pm to Kafka
Lol please! Us Shreveporters have our MLK, Allendale, Mooretown, Hollywood etc. I wanna know about the legendary Gardere
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:10 pm to Strannix
I remember Gardere. The nice Gardere, with affordable housing for LSU students and young married couples in a well-maintained, safe neighborhood.
In the late '80s I lived near Gardere. It was perfect for students -- on the bus line to LSU, and there was a Piggly Wiggly grocery store at the corner of Gardere and Burbank. It was especially good for student couples struggling to work and attend school. I visited people there a few times -- I don't recall any complaints. And of course any time I went there I always felt perfectly SAFE.
In the early 90s I left BR and didn't return for about 10 years. When I came back I was talking with a friend and the subject of Gardere came up. Remembering it from my student days, I talked about what a nice student area it was.
"Are you kidding?", he said, and proceeded to tell me what had happened to the area, including a friend of his from church going there to minister -- and getting stabbed.
Later we were driving around and came to the intersection of Burbank and Gardere.
What had been a great place -- affordable, safe, on the LSU bus line and with a Piggly Wiggly for convenient shopping -- was now a slum. The Piggly Wiggly was gone and the shopping center deserted.
I couldn't believe my eyes. I asked my friend what the hell had happened.
He replied simply, "Section 8".
In the late '80s I lived near Gardere. It was perfect for students -- on the bus line to LSU, and there was a Piggly Wiggly grocery store at the corner of Gardere and Burbank. It was especially good for student couples struggling to work and attend school. I visited people there a few times -- I don't recall any complaints. And of course any time I went there I always felt perfectly SAFE.
In the early 90s I left BR and didn't return for about 10 years. When I came back I was talking with a friend and the subject of Gardere came up. Remembering it from my student days, I talked about what a nice student area it was.
"Are you kidding?", he said, and proceeded to tell me what had happened to the area, including a friend of his from church going there to minister -- and getting stabbed.
Later we were driving around and came to the intersection of Burbank and Gardere.
What had been a great place -- affordable, safe, on the LSU bus line and with a Piggly Wiggly for convenient shopping -- was now a slum. The Piggly Wiggly was gone and the shopping center deserted.
I couldn't believe my eyes. I asked my friend what the hell had happened.
He replied simply, "Section 8".
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:16 pm to Strannix
I remember I went to Shreveport several years ago when GPS wasn't very "smart" and I was looking for my hotel on MLK. I didn't realize the main Highway is also named MLK and the GPS had me driving around in the hood.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:21 pm to Artie Rome
Perhaps all the do-gooders and mid-Towners need to move in and revitalize the area?
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:43 pm to Traffic Circle
No shortage of gentrification opportunities.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 8:56 pm to Artie Rome
Posted on 11/16/14 at 9:04 pm to Kafka
quote:
I remember Gardere. The nice Gardere, with affordable housing for LSU students and young married couples in a well-maintained, safe neighborhood.
In the late '80s I lived near Gardere. It was perfect for students -- on the bus line to LSU, and there was a Piggly Wiggly grocery store at the corner of Gardere and Burbank. It was especially good for student couples struggling to work and attend school. I visited people there a few times -- I don't recall any complaints. And of course any time I went there I always felt perfectly SAFE.
In the early 90s I left BR and didn't return for about 10 years. When I came back I was talking with a friend and the subject of Gardere came up. Remembering it from my student days, I talked about what a nice student area it was.
"Are you kidding?", he said, and proceeded to tell me what had happened to the area, including a friend of his from church going there to minister -- and getting stabbed.
Later we were driving around and came to the intersection of Burbank and Gardere.
What had been a great place -- affordable, safe, on the LSU bus line and with a Piggly Wiggly for convenient shopping -- was now a slum. The Piggly Wiggly was gone and the shopping center deserted.
I couldn't believe my eyes. I asked my friend what the hell had happened.
He replied simply, "Section 8".
Great story.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 9:05 pm to Artie Rome
St George is going after it
Posted on 11/16/14 at 9:13 pm to Artie Rome
Leaving it for St. George
Posted on 11/16/14 at 9:27 pm to Kafka
I lived on Gardere in a 4 plex for a year, then spent a coupe years in another 4 plex on Coy, just a couple blocks off Gardere. This was in late 80s. Shopped at the Piggly Wiggly all the time. Made many trips to the Fast Trak burger joint.
There were lots of students in the area, with a few poor folks mixed in. I never experienced any crime problems or heard about any. That said, I knew not all my neighbors were Angels, so I always kept a pistol on the coffee table or by my bed.
Used to visit a little bar on Gardere near a convenience store. Can't recall the name.
It was decent area for a poorer/cheaper student. There were better apt areas in BR, but they cost a bit more.
There were lots of students in the area, with a few poor folks mixed in. I never experienced any crime problems or heard about any. That said, I knew not all my neighbors were Angels, so I always kept a pistol on the coffee table or by my bed.
Used to visit a little bar on Gardere near a convenience store. Can't recall the name.
It was decent area for a poorer/cheaper student. There were better apt areas in BR, but they cost a bit more.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 9:40 pm to Twenty 49
One day people will say that black people once lived in Garden, but they killed each other until there was none left.
Posted on 11/16/14 at 9:44 pm to Artie Rome
As a freshman in 1983 I rented a townhouse at Gardere and GRSI. It was a brand new town house and a very WASP area/environment. I went back in 2008 to see the old place and thought I might get killed. It felt worse than South Chicago and the 9th ward back in the day. I was shocked at how fast it declined.
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