re: Goodbye to the Broadmoor Theatre

My grandma's house was right around the corner from there off of Cora. I have many fond memories of that place. My brothers and I would walk or ride bikes to that shopping center from her house to buy comic books, used video games, and see matinee movies. I was deeply saddened when they closed. One by one, I had to watch the memories of my childhood fall by the wayside: The toy store in Cortana Mall, the arcade, the book store in the mall, the book store in broadmoor that sold comic books, Toys-R-Us, Bud's, the used games shop, Pancho's, the Broadmoor, and finally my grandmother's house. Soon, my grandmother may be added to that list as well. Thankfully, the rest of Baton Rouge (outside of Tinsletown) has vastly improved since then, but losing those landmarks of my childhood stung.