re: bring back Catfish Town

I think folks may be getting a hockey team and a coked up nightclub confused.

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It was the worlds largest Catfish Aquarium. In Baton Rouge. The whole thing was under a big glass enclosure with catfish swimming around. There was a restaurant underneath it and you could pick your own catfish, they'd catch it right in front of you and then cook it.

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This I did not know. Pretty cool

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Is it fair to say it was basically like Perkins Rowe minus the movie theatre and condos/apts?

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.......but opened at a time when south Louisiana's main industry was well into a decade-long downturn not unlike today. I think it was more local shops.

The big department store shopping in downtown back then was Maison Blanche/Goudchaux's on Florida/Laurel/16th Streets, which I believe didn't close until 2004 or 2005 when Maison Blanche got bought out. That was actually still a decent store until then. I remember that their Christmas decorations included a large Santa on the roof of the entrance canopy. My mother and grandmother used to take me to get Santa pictures there when I was 4 or 5 years old. Building is now offices for some government org.

Downtown was dead in the 1990s. It started showing signs of life in the mid 2000's and now it looks pretty nice today. Still needs work but it's coming alone nicely.

Brass>kingfish

Dean Moore>cam brown

Almost forgot

New Orleans>baton rouge

Considering his kids were druggies and drunks Inn high school (Ossie)

I think I remember my mom saying at first the business was good because on Sundays, every other place to go shopping was closed (including Bon Marche and Cortana). They changed the rule and that had an affect on business.

I could be wrong, she talked about this a long time ago.

It was a pretty cool place. Was even more cool when it was raining. Made it seem kind of spooky with the fish swimming overhead.