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Remembering Louisiana's Most Beautiful Shopping Center: The Esplanade Mall
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:53 am
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:53 am
The Esplanade, also known as Esplanade Mall, was a suburban shopping mall located in the New Orleans suburb of Kenner, Louisiana, United States.
The mall was built and opened on October 9, 1985. The original owners were Cadillac Fairview. The mall's original anchors were D. H. Holmes, Leon Godchaux, and Mervyn's. A Macy's was added in 1986. Dillard’s acquired the former D. H. Holmes Anchor in 1989. Dillard’s Men took over for Leon Godchaux in 1992
This post was edited on 5/14/25 at 10:58 am
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Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:54 am to boxcarbarney
Esplanade Mall commercial jingle
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:54 am to boxcarbarney
It was beautiful but hopefully it’ll be an ikea soon
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:56 am to GreenRockTiger
Social media and online shopping has killed the mall - which was a hub of social interaction for a long time
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:58 am to udtiger
Would make for some awesome condos with residents only accessing the interior areas.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 10:59 am to udtiger
The downfall of the indoor mall in America is tragic. Now we're left with cheap Chinese shite shipped to our door and run-down half empty strip malls
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:00 am to udtiger
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Social media and online shopping has killed the mall - which was a hub of social interaction for a long time
Not everywhere. Malls are making a comeback in some locations. Normal kids want to hang out there same as the 80s and 90s. (Normal kids, not youts)
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:02 am to udtiger
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Social media and online shopping has killed the mall
More like crime and demographics.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:02 am to boxcarbarney
damn.. so many memories there.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:05 am to LSUbacchus81
Make a hotel out of it and move Blue Bayou rides there. Charge a shite-pile of money to get a room with rides free. Like that Great Wolf place.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:12 am to Cosmo
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Not everywhere. Malls are making a comeback in some locations. Normal kids want to hang out there same as the 80s and 90s. (Normal kids, not youts)
Lakeside seems to be doing well.
Esplanade started dying after Katrina, when it started catering to the urban wear crowd.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:13 am to LSUbacchus81
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damn.. so many memories there.
We used to ride our bikes from Woodlake Estates to play video games at the arcade and hit on the girls in the food court. Dante's Pizza FTW.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:18 am to boxcarbarney
Still home to a fine Dillard’s clearance store.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:28 am to boxcarbarney
That mall sucked. Good riddance.
Hopefully we’ll get some good U-Haul storage there soon.
Hopefully we’ll get some good U-Haul storage there soon.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:29 am to boxcarbarney
one of the first Chic Fil A's in the state
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:31 am to cbree88
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That mall sucked. Good riddance.
It was fine pre-Katrina.
Most of the good stores didn’t return post flood.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:40 am to Cosmo
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Malls are making a comeback in some locations. Normal kids want to hang out there same as the 80s and 90s. (Normal kids, not youts)
Visions of Fast Time at Ridgemont High just popped into my head.
Yeah, I’m old.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:56 am to boxcarbarney
It was a great one, a real beauty. Damn shame.
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:57 am to boxcarbarney
That place absolutely dominated Lakeside in the 90s
Posted on 5/14/25 at 11:58 am to Ingeniero
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The downfall of the indoor mall in America is tragic. Now we're left with cheap Chinese shite shipped to our door and run-down half empty strip malls
frick “open air” malls.
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