re: LaCour's Carpet World reminds us that NBR is horrible for businesses

My parents used to point out an area on Plank on the way to and from my grandparents’ house and talk about how that was one of the first big shopping centers in BR.

Even in the late 80s / early 90s I wondered why the frick that was as the area was already a demilitarized zone. When it went downhill, it went fast.

They also told me one day that they had originally looked at houses in Glen Oaks in the 70s before getting a different one in what is soon to be St George.

I second, Gravy should challenge for the Democratic nomination.

i grew up on edgemont drive and attended park forest elementary...we rode our bikes to school every day. that area was all young families and we had everything we needed on greenwell springs or florida blvd

its a damn shame whats become of it now

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I lived on Longfellow Drive in NBR and went to Istoruma for a few weeks before my parents moved to Red Oaks. Belaire High Area which was a brand new school was just starting to take some students from Broadmoor. Some high school kids were allowed to finish up at Broadmoor in my neighborhood. After a few weeks of attending Belaire, my father was transferred to Los Angels, CA.

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I get off I-110 at Evangeline and turn onto Longfellow to go the back route to Tony’s Seafood all the time. It really a nice street with some older, larger homes in good shape and pretty well kept.