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Been gone a long time what's up with Ivanhoe and Carlotta

Posted on 7/17/25 at 6:58 pm
Posted by hansenthered1
Dixie
Member since Nov 2023
2055 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 6:58 pm
I left BR a long time ago. But I have fond memories of the Ivanhoe and Carlotta St. area block parties, especially the Halloween party that was always crazy. I just saw on google maps that it looks like they have cleared multiple lots on Ivanhoe. What's up...is it as bad as I think it may be? That area use to be cheap student ghetto full of crazy folks. I get the google maps images may be old. What's there now?
Posted by ManBearTiger
BRLA
Member since Jun 2007
22298 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 7:00 pm to
In the early to mid 2010's it was a drug haven
Posted by hansenthered1
Dixie
Member since Nov 2023
2055 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 7:01 pm to
I was there a few years before that...it was bohemian area, but still student and cheap.
Posted by BigBinBR
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2023
8965 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 7:02 pm to
quote:

In the early to mid 2010's it was a drug haven


Waaaay before that
Posted by CrazyTigerFan
Member since Nov 2003
3538 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 7:02 pm to
The area flooded in 2016, and some of the old buildings were demolished after that.
Posted by grizzlylongcut
Member since Sep 2021
14122 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 7:03 pm to
quote:

Been gone a long time what's up with Ivanhoe and Carlotta


I’m going to just throw out a wild guess…a whole lot of “undesirables” moved in.
Posted by hansenthered1
Dixie
Member since Nov 2023
2055 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 7:04 pm to
I can see that, a huge canal runs behind it and Chimes. I was hoping it was not some condo thing...
Posted by Prosecuted Collins
The Farm
Member since Sep 2003
7191 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 7:12 pm to
Still plenty crazy people roaming around back in there. Random tents in the overgrown lots. And I don’t notice many students walking through. Mostly creatures of random assortment, It’s still a pretty edgy neighborhood, but less the haircuts and more the knives.

Randomly there are some small footprint gated places that have appreciable upkeep. So same as it always was but just the 2025 version.
Posted by Kafka
I am the moral conscience of TD
Member since Jul 2007
153577 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 7:18 pm to
quote:

what's up with Ivanhoe and Carlotta
he left her for Tom Drive
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
15523 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 7:26 pm to
I was fond memories of the carlotta street block parties
Posted by tigerinthebueche
Member since Oct 2010
37647 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 7:29 pm to
I stumbled down those streets black out drunk from Murphys so many times. The chain link fence by the SAE house had a hole in it that even a drunk could walk through. Good times.
Posted by One72
Member since Jul 2022
1184 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 8:00 pm to
Whatever.
428 E State Street or forget about it.
Posted by BRgetthenet
Member since Oct 2011
118223 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 8:26 pm to
quote:

Murphys



Half these nerds don’t have a clue.
Posted by LSUBoo
Knoxville, TN
Member since Mar 2006
103390 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 8:32 pm to
Carlotta block party was legit late 90s, early 00s... kids today will never know.
Posted by Clyde Tipton
Planet Earth
Member since Dec 2007
40458 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 9:33 pm to
quote:

Carlotta block party was legit late 90s, early 00s... kids today will never know.


I saw Jesus get in a fight Halloween night in 2000 or so.
Posted by SixthAndBarone
Member since Jan 2019
10437 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 9:47 pm to
The Carlotta street Halloween parties in the late 90s will never be reproduced.
Posted by mattz1122
Member since Oct 2007
55301 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 9:58 pm to
It was bad when they were having block parties. It’s always been run down.
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
27251 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 10:30 pm to
quote:

In the early to mid 2010's it was a drug haven

We were doing a lot of drugs on Ivanhoe and Carlotta back in ‘84-85
Posted by TBoy
Kalamazoo
Member since Dec 2007
27251 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 10:33 pm to
quote:

I can see that, a huge canal runs behind it and Chimes

You mean Turtle Beach?
Posted by Viceroy_Fizzlebottom
Member since May 2019
291 posts
Posted on 7/17/25 at 11:00 pm to
I know 3 people that lived in that banger at different times. Enjoyed my lil hippe enclave right across the street.
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