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Posted on 5/14/21 at 5:00 pm to PowerTool
Fun fact. There are houses in Uptown Nola with basements, or at least semi basements. I knew someone who lived in a basement apartment on Pine Street.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 5:02 pm to brmark70816
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I took many classes in basements at LSU..
What is interesting about the quad is the elevation is approximately 75 feet. When you get to the stadium the elevation is 25 feet. I'm sure the elevation in the quad buildings allows for easier basement construction.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 5:03 pm to Shexter
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I've always heard they're not popular bc of the water table making them leak too much.
This is exactly the problem.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 5:04 pm to PowerTool
I went to an estate sale just a few weeks ago. There was a door under the stairs. I thought it was a closet. It was stairs down to the basement.
This was a house across the street that runs next to Heroman’s (spl?) Florist on Government.
I do know that Dan Heard’s house (“Toy” movie house) has a basement.
This was a house across the street that runs next to Heroman’s (spl?) Florist on Government.
I do know that Dan Heard’s house (“Toy” movie house) has a basement.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 5:04 pm to Shexter
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I've always heard they're not popular bc of the water table making them leak too much.
Yeah, they don't exist in residential homes in Houston that I know of for the same reason. Maybe a few cellars in older nice homes, like others mentioned.
Only large commercial/institutional buildings have basements here for the most part, and the Downtown tunnels. They're fine until we have the once-a-decade major tropical storm that no one could have predicted hitting our region....
Posted on 5/14/21 at 5:07 pm to PowerTool
I looked at this old plantation that was for sale near Washington named Arlington that had a cellar. It was pretty cool.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 5:14 pm to PowerTool
I had one but it moved down to the house next to mine. Something about sea-level.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 5:18 pm to Fessface
They wrote it that way to make it relatable. Otherwise every character would have been saying “who’s your mama and where’d ya go to school”
Posted on 5/14/21 at 5:19 pm to PowerTool
Well we know for a fact that TulaneLSU lives in his mothers basement and he claims to live in New Orleans. So I guess it’s possible
Posted on 5/14/21 at 5:30 pm to WaWaWeeWa
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Well we know for a fact that TulaneLSU lives in his mothers basement and he claims to live in New Orleans.
No, no, no. Mother is well taxidermied and neatly laid in her bed upstairs across the hall from Uncle; the victims are kept in the basement.
This post was edited on 5/14/21 at 5:31 pm
Posted on 5/14/21 at 5:43 pm to PowerTool
I believe there are a few old houses in/near downtown that have basements.
As others have mentioned, many buildings at LSU have basements. Nicholson Hall even has a sub basement.
All of these structures are on the bluff that was the natural Mississippi River levee.
As others have mentioned, many buildings at LSU have basements. Nicholson Hall even has a sub basement.
All of these structures are on the bluff that was the natural Mississippi River levee.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 5:50 pm to LSUJD_04
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The house I grew up in had a basement with tunnels connecting the old house on the property that was built in the 1880’s and another tunnel that led to nowhere really or the rest was filled in or collapsed because it ended about 200 feet from where it branched out. The main house that I grew up in was built in 1907 so I never really understood why the tunnels were there and the original owner who built the house had long been dead by the time my parents bought it so we never really got a definitive answer.
That's old school serial killer stuff right there.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 6:20 pm to PowerTool
There’s at least one in Hundred Oaks that has or had a bomb shelter. It was for sale a long time ago. They might have either filled it in or turned it into some kinda basement hangout area.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 6:32 pm to PowerTool
The McDonalds on the corner of Sherwood and Harrels Ferry has one. It’s quite large, all of the food is stored in it and there is even a 2-3 table “restaurant” down there for the employees to eat.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 7:00 pm to PowerTool
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Are there basements in Baton Rouge?
Not in homes built after 1940 or so. They were more common then. It's rare, but not unheard of in residential construction between 1940 and 1970, especially if the house is built into a hill. It's nearly non existent in production housing since the 1970s.
Much more common in commercial buildings.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 7:05 pm to MikeBRLA
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The McDonalds on the corner of Sherwood and Harrels Ferry has one.
So to the McDonalds on Plank and the one on Airline at Prescott. Which is partially why you'll notice that the back side of the restaurant is a little smaller than the newer ones. There's several rooms of storage in the basement.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 7:11 pm to PowerTool
According to my wife, some homes in Mandeville have basements.
Posted on 5/14/21 at 7:30 pm to PowerTool
Yea, they are called swimming pools
Posted on 5/14/21 at 8:09 pm to PowerTool
Yes. At least one.
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