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New Orleans Architect to Convert Library Bar on Chimes to Apartments

Posted on 10/17/23 at 4:32 pm
Posted by Shexter
Prairieville
Member since Feb 2014
13987 posts
Posted on 10/17/23 at 4:32 pm

If those walls could talk.

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New Orleans architect Brian Anderson has purchased the former Library Bar building on West Chimes Street with plans to renovate the property. 


https://www.businessreport.com/realestate/new-orleans-architect-buys-historic-chimes-street-building?utm_campaign=dr_pm-2023_Oct_17-14_53&utm_medium=email&utm_source=dr_pm&oly_enc_id=5689F9225356E0O#

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The building was built in 1929 as four one-bedroom apartments but was most recently a bar. Anderson plans to put residential apartments on the second floor of the property and a mix of commercial and residential space on the ground floor. He estimates the renovations will cost $300,000 and will be completed by the end of summer next year. 



Posted by Gaston
Dirty Coast
Member since Aug 2008
39103 posts
Posted on 10/17/23 at 4:51 pm to
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If those walls could talk.


No shite. We would go there and drink keg Abita in wax cups and play foosball against the sketchiest of dudes…they were fast though…no telling what they were on. Focused and dirty AF.
Posted by Pelican fan99
Lafayette, Louisiana
Member since Jun 2013
34865 posts
Posted on 10/17/23 at 4:55 pm to
The Library was such a strange place
Posted by Thecoz
Member since Dec 2018
2563 posts
Posted on 10/17/23 at 5:11 pm to
He already renovated the other two historic building on chimes.. did a very nice job and maintained a historic flare … he updated them nicely and kept what historically he could ( I.e.floors etc)… y’all saw one of them in a recent thread….

Turning chimes into something nice.. one building at a time.

Posted by JimmyMcGoo
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2015
580 posts
Posted on 10/17/23 at 6:21 pm to
Chimes St died the day The Bayou burned.
Posted by jlovel7
Louisiana
Member since Aug 2014
21367 posts
Posted on 10/17/23 at 6:25 pm to
It’s too bad the bars along that strip didn’t work out. It’d be an amazing spot for drinking at LSU. It’s incredible how underutilized that corridor is.

Ingas and Chimes are institutions as well. RIP geauld Tiger and their dirt cheap Chinese food.
Posted by tketaco
Sunnyside, Houston
Member since Jan 2010
19664 posts
Posted on 10/17/23 at 6:50 pm to
Was that North Gate Tavern?
Posted by Evil Little Thing
Member since Jul 2013
11261 posts
Posted on 10/17/23 at 6:56 pm to
Woo! Ichabod’s was my favorite bar in 2001. Now’s my chance to live there.
Posted by Klondikekajun
Member since Jun 2020
1293 posts
Posted on 10/17/23 at 6:57 pm to
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New Orleans architect Brian Anderson


Brian's a good guy- went to LSU and appreciates Chimes St history-. He'll do it right.
Posted by NorthEndZone
Member since Dec 2008
11481 posts
Posted on 10/17/23 at 7:25 pm to
How many students back in the day used to tell their parents they were going to the library when they were really going to "The Library"?


Posted by Chrome
Chromeville
Member since Nov 2007
10386 posts
Posted on 10/17/23 at 7:34 pm to
If those walls could talk.

Indeed, great place, will be missed.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
71460 posts
Posted on 10/17/23 at 7:43 pm to
What's the current status of Slinky's?
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
63583 posts
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:16 pm to
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The building was built in 1929 as four one-bedroom apartments but was most recently a bar. Anderson plans to put residential apartments on the second floor of the property and a mix of commercial and residential space on the ground floor. He estimates the renovations will cost $300,000 and will be completed by the end of summer next year. 


All that just to still have a member of Three Blind Mice waiting around the building to stab you up.
This post was edited on 10/17/23 at 8:17 pm
Posted by Sayre
Felixville
Member since Nov 2011
5513 posts
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:18 pm to
Wonder if they'll find some of the brain cells I lost in there when the do the renovation.
Posted by MyRockstarComplex
The airport
Member since Nov 2009
3382 posts
Posted on 10/17/23 at 8:42 pm to
The apartment above the bar was always pretty cool.
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