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re: The Esplanade Mall. WTF happened?
Posted on 12/5/14 at 6:32 pm to LSUneaux
Posted on 12/5/14 at 6:32 pm to LSUneaux
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The Esplanade Mall. WTF happened?
That was like the best mall in Louisiana back in the 90s. I remember when my Mom moved back to Metairie after my parents got divorced we'd go stay there in the summer and where at that mall practically everyday. I can still remember watching Back To The Future II & III there for the first time.
I was young then so I didn't even realize it was in Kenner, thought it was in Metairie. Hey, I'm not from there.
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Posted on 12/5/14 at 6:32 pm to CheeseburgerEddie
Exactly nobody wants to drive way out to the freaking airport.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 6:41 pm to ULL Cool J
Did lakeside used to have a Walmart in it? I vaguely remember a mall from my childhood having a Walmart in it... #trashy
Eta: never mind I think it was a 2 story mall..
Eta: never mind I think it was a 2 story mall..
This post was edited on 12/5/14 at 6:48 pm
Posted on 12/5/14 at 6:41 pm to Radiojones
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Too many white people.
Yeaaaahh that's it.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 6:49 pm to GEAUXmedic
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Did lakeside used to have a Walmart in it? I vaguely remember a mall from my childhood having a Walmart in it... #trashy
No. I can't think of a Walmart in any shopping center that I know of. I've seen some Kmart stores in the NE do this. Of course Target has a store at the Esplanade and at Clearview Mall.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 6:58 pm to nolanola
I don't consider Clearview to be a real mall.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 7:04 pm to LSUneaux
The continued migratory habits of Whitey McHonkey are to blame. That is what I have learned in paying attention to the media and our leaders. It is always Whiteys fault.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 7:28 pm to LSUneaux
The majority of malls are ticking real estate time bombs. AFter about 20-30 years you see the area going down for various reasons.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 7:44 pm to TIGRLEE
Their customers steal instead of purchase. A business can't survive that over time. Not enough actual purchases to offset the losses from the thefts.
Kind of the way this country is headed.
Kind of the way this country is headed.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 7:56 pm to Zantrix
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Malls are dead, sir.
Wrong. In rich areas they are still thriving, ghetto malls are dead though.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 7:57 pm to LSUneaux
The opposite of gentrification.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 8:16 pm to SundayFunday
I believe it's demise happened as a result of Katrina. Before the storm Esplanade was one of the best mall in the south. Conversely Lakeside was starting to slide. After Katrina the major rebuild was to Lakeside rather than Esplanade. My hat's off to whoever owns Lakeside...they are just better business people.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 8:26 pm to ElderTiger
Lakeside mall is in the top 5 malls in the country for sales per sqft.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 8:31 pm to LSUneaux
Any place that allows people to congregate for free and not spend money is not going to end well.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 8:34 pm to Cosmo
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Same thing that happened to cortana.
It sucks too. I don't get it. Yes the area behind the mall sucks, but that is across a canal. Then you have those micro-homes in Greenlawn but the crime isn't too bad there. You have a lot of higher end houses in that area and everyone passes this mall to get to Lakeside or Veterans in general. I don't get how Kenner has this crap mall and empty strip malls, yet is developing a large strip mall complex at the redwood site.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 8:35 pm to Tingle
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Kenner has more Hispanics than blacks. Esplanade was built right next to where all the poor blacks in Kenner live. It was doomed from the start.
Maybe if they just took out that one bridge that connects that area to the mall?
Posted on 12/5/14 at 8:45 pm to JS87
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When I was growing up in the 90's the Esplanade put Lakeside to shame. Now it is Vice Versa
Very true.
I remember going to Esplanade as a kid during the 90's all the time.
Now it's a shite hole.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 8:47 pm to LSUneaux
You know what happened...quit bullshittin. Same things that happens to all nice places/areas after a while.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 9:26 pm to LSUneaux
Middle 3 from what used to be a big Dillard's, but is now entirely a clearance store. You can see where the highly trafficked jewelry and perfume areas are typically on the first floor, is now just racks of clothes.
The last pic is a spacewalk/kids playroom type of place.
I'm so pissed I didn't get a pic of the Obamacare Enrollment Center.
Posted on 12/5/14 at 9:28 pm to Napoleon
Out of curiousity, which stores are going to be in that Redwood strip mall??
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