re: Children of Metry from the 70s & 80s

Going, going gone: a before and after analysis of East Jefferson between the 70s and now:
Schweggmann on Vets: Lowes
Shoe Lodge: Storehouse Furniture, then Christian Street Furniture, now Talbots.
Shoe Town on Vets & Papworth: Small shops.
House of Lee and “the beer store”: Borders Bookstore; now "The Forum" with assorted shops.
Wilshire Plaza A&P: Gordon’s of Metairie (now vacant)
Wilshire Plaza Atlantic/Gaylord’s/Zayre: Office Depot, Big Lots, Fabrixx (now Fresh Market)
Pelican Lanes: Heritage Plaza Office Building
Security Homestead Building: Rite-Aid Drugstore, soon to be Advance Auto Parts
Paradise Lanes: Barnes & Noble
Godchaux’s at Lakeside: Assorted shops
D.H. Holmes: Dillard’s
Maison Blanche: first Dillard’s, now Target
Lakeside Western Auto: Bravo, Sucre, & AT&T cellular
Barker’s/House Works!: Steinmart & Sav-a-Center
Latter Center: K-Mart (now closed)
Empty Lot at Bonnabel and Vets: 1st Lamana Panno Fallo Funeral home, now Walgreen’s
Shakey’s Pizza: Shogun Japanese Restaurant
Do Drive-In: DeLimon Place Condos
Airline Drive-In: was Real Superstore, now Sam’s Club
Westgate Drive-In: Wal-Mart & strip shopping center Chateau Ice Rink: Offices
Bonanza restaurants: Focis Street: Copeland’s, then Sweet Fire and Ice , then Social City, then Copelands, now Ramsey's. Clearview: Straya, then Cheesecake Bistro, now Benchmark Urgent Care
Pauli's Bike Shop: Tommey's Mardi Gras/ Christmas Village
Sena Mall Theater: Martin’s Wine Cellar
Putt-Putt: Ochsner Pediatric Clinic
Canal Villere strip center at Vets and Kent: Rouse's, then Conn's
Canal Villere at Sena Mall: Jo-Ann Fabrics and Crafts
Roy Rogers’at Oaklawn: Daiquiri’s & Creams
Water Maze water slide: Ochsner Metairie clinic
Greased Lightning water slide: Shoney’s Inn, then Super 8 Motel;
Jefferson Downs: Gabriel Subdivision
East End Shopping Center: Winn-Dixie Market Place Shopping Center
Joy’s Aereon 3: Eckerd Drugstore, then CVS Pharmacy, now Sherwin Williams Paint Store
Joy’s Panorama 4: Auto Zone and gas station
Joy’s Cinema City: Ray Brandt Toyota
Leonard Krower @ Vets & Cleary: Blockbuster, then a strip center containing a bank and other businesses downstairs, and French Riviera Gym upstairs.
Time Savers: first E-Z Serves, now mostly Discount Zones
K&Bs: Rite-Aids, now some Walgreens
K&B @ Clearview Mall: Zea’s
Here's Johnny's restaurant in East End - Wendy's
Meydrich's Supermarket: C's pharmacy, now CVS
Empty Lot by Dorignacs: Foodies Kitchen (now Advanced Surgery Center) and strip center in front.
The old quaint Bonnabel Boat launch: new, ugly Bonnabel Boat launch
Lakeside Cinema & Winn Dixie: 1st Linens N’ Things then Dick’s Sporting Goods & other shops
A&G Cafeteria at Lakeside: additional parking
Fairchild Middle School: Riverdale Middle School
Bunche Braves: Bunche Bulldogs
Metairie Playground: Pontiff Playground
The Beverly Dinner Theatre: Ochsner satellite parking lot
Pizza Hut at Vets and Nursery: burned down, became a CC’s Coffee Shop
Trahan Texaco @ Aris and Vets: Bank
Trampoline Jump Center: Discount Zone Spur station
PDQ Car Wash @ Metairie Road & 17th street Canal: Metairie Small Animal Hospital
Sclafani’s: Causeway Animal Hospital
Pat Gillen’s, Chocolate Soup, other shops on Met. Rd: AmSouth Bank then Regions Bank
JC restaurant: Sevin’s, then Ralph & Kacoo’s, then King Buffet, now El Paso
The Fun Arcade, which (before my time) was a Burger Chef: Cyrus Restaurant, now a pharmacy.

My car drove me home many nights from that place with me behind the wheel!

And let us not forget the Frog!

$1 shot Tequila salute to Senor Frogs! (sp)

Indy was on the other side by what was Children's Palace, then some computer store, then Laser Tag.