re: Busiest store in Cortana Mall shuttered its doors a few weeks ago..

Posted by musick

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Posted on 6/7/16 at 9:26 am to Dan Bilzerian

I used to get dropped off at the musicland entrance in the 90s with my boys, go to musicland and look at CDs, go to spencers and look at WTF stuff for the humor, get a band t-shirt at Gadzooks, walk over to chik fil-a and get a few free sample nuggets, then either eat at: mama bravas, taco bell, or mandarian express.

After that we would go to spaceport and play games the rest of the time, maybe hitting up Babbgages and Electronics Boutique on the way, and if we would bored enough, go by journey's and talk to hippie dude before throwing pennies in the fountains.

Nostalgia hard.

This post was edited on 6/7/16 at 9:38 am

Posted by cleeveclever

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Posted on 6/7/16 at 9:29 am to Farkwad

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Got my parachute pants at the Merry Go Round, then went and played video games at Space Port, had lunch at Mama Brava and then to Spencer’s for Rock posters and fart spray.

I took part in this exact sequence at Cortana back in 1983-84 with my older brother.

That was back when Merry Go Round was really small and dark and had an unreasonably low ceiling, if I recall.

It was a strange place, but where else were you going to get your parachute pants and Members Only jackets?

Posted by SuperSaint

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Posted on 6/7/16 at 9:33 am to OweO

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go through the mall a few times checking out all the honeys?

i bet you picked up all the honeys Chris

Posted by chryso

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Posted on 6/7/16 at 10:00 am to Paul Allen

It is easy to get in and out of. I sometimes go to the Sears.

Posted by meauxjeaux2

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Posted on 6/7/16 at 10:15 am to musick

at what time was Space pot and Chik fil-a opened in Cortana mall at the same time?

Posted by moon

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Posted on 6/7/16 at 10:46 am to meauxjeaux2

Is Merry Go Round still open?

Posted by kingbob

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Posted on 6/7/16 at 10:51 am to meauxjeaux2

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at what time was Space pot and Chik fil-a opened in Cortana mall at the same time?

Never, but don't let that stop his nostalgia train

Posted by EveryonesACoach

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Posted on 6/7/16 at 11:19 am to Dan Bilzerian

Damn, I worked at this location back in high school and early college. Even at a location like that, the service when I was there was still heads and shoulders above every other fast food joint. It's not as good as the freestanding stores, but it was still good. Last time I worked there though was 2007 though, it's been a long time.

Posted by MLCLyons

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Posted on 6/7/16 at 11:26 am to OweO

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Orange crush

Orange Julius.

Then next door to Electronics Boutique.

Posted by Papercutninja

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Posted on 6/7/16 at 11:31 am to musick

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Posted by MLCLyons

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Posted on 6/7/16 at 11:33 am to OweO

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Im sure they sell as is and whoever buys it will have some innovative idea that would work if it wasn't in North BR. See Bon Marche Mall.

Didn't someone buy it like 1.5-2yrs ago? It was for some pittance for that amount of land, like $5mil. Though I don't know if they also purchased debts that weren't included in the price or something.

LINK

was 3yrs ago for $6mil. Just seems so incredibly cheap for a tract of land that size, ignoring the structures already there.

Posted by Howyouluhdat

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Posted on 6/7/16 at 11:58 am to MLCLyons

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was 3yrs ago for $6mil. Just seems so incredibly cheap for a tract of land that size, ignoring the structures already there.

No way that chick's last name in the article is O'clock lol

Posted by LSUDAN1

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Posted on 6/7/16 at 12:09 pm to Howyouluhdat

Toys by Roy's that was next to Sears entrance was awesome. It was a sad day in my life when it closed.

Posted by Chicken

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Posted on 6/7/16 at 12:11 pm to Dan Bilzerian

if you bought paint from the Sears paint department around 1993, you may have bought it from me. And if you shopped at Bakers Shoe Store around 1993, you may have bought shoes from my wife...both of us are Cortana Mall alums...

Posted by AutoYes_Clown

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Posted on 6/7/16 at 12:15 pm to Chicken

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Bakers Shoe Store around 1993, you may have bought shoes from my wife...both of us are Cortana Mall alums...

Our wives may have worked together, especially if she was there in their early 2000's boom.

Posted by MoonrakerElite

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Posted on 6/7/16 at 12:32 pm to Boxcar

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Its sad. 35 years ago it was one of the best malls in the US. Now its like Somalia

Why did cortana fail?

Posted by T

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Posted on 6/7/16 at 1:03 pm to MoonrakerElite

The demographics of all neighborhoods along Florida Blvd from Airline hwy to Oneal Ln have changed drastically in the past 20 years. As they changed, so did the outlook for businesses in that area of Baton Rouge.