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What could revitalize downtown BR?

Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:18 pm
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
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Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:18 pm
Went down there last night for dinner and it was dead. I mean, ridiculously dead, even for a Wednesday. What can be done to reclaim the area and make it somewhere people want to be? What can give life to the arts and create a vibrant city center and thus promote gentrification?

Is there any hope? If you had some stroke, what would you do to make that happen?

Posted by jdd48
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
23692 posts
Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:19 pm to
Strippers and blow.

Seriously though - isn't downtown BR in pretty decent shape?
Posted by Bushmaster
19th Hole
Member since Oct 2008
39955 posts
Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:19 pm to
lol BR
Posted by McCringleberryy
Member since Dec 2012
4315 posts
Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:19 pm to
Move it to St. George
Posted by ellunchboxo
G-Town
Member since Feb 2009
19465 posts
Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:20 pm to
quote:

Move it to St. George


Where will downtown St George be?
Posted by BR Tiger
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2004
4688 posts
Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:20 pm to
You must be pretty young. Downtown BR is quite healthy compared to say 10 years ago.
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:20 pm to
$$$$$
Posted by Mac
Member since Nov 2007
14802 posts
Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:21 pm to
Passenger train between BR and NOLA
Posted by jdd48
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
23692 posts
Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:21 pm to
They could bribe the police to ease up on the checkpoints.
Posted by Signal Soldier
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Member since Dec 2010
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Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:22 pm to
quote:

What could revitalize downtown BR?



Port Royal Bar expansion?
Posted by rowbear1922
Houston, TX
Member since Oct 2008
15788 posts
Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:22 pm to
I agree. Downtown in the last decade has been revitalized. It still has a ways to go but it's come a LONG way
Posted by SabiDojo
Open to any suggestions.
Member since Nov 2010
84424 posts
Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:25 pm to
Downtown Baton Rouge is awful. Vicksburg, MS has a better downtown.
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
49067 posts
Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:26 pm to
quote:


You must be pretty young. Downtown BR is quite healthy compared to say 10 years ago

When I started lsu in 93, we were excited to have Outback steakhouse and Ninfas come to town. We went to the Cortana Mall for best shopping and Siegen Village for new Movies. Tigerland and chimes Street(and caterie and Bengal. Sorry) was all college kids had to do. Old losers like my age now went to Triple A and Center Stage.

Downtown had.... The Shelter. Classic haunt but not nearly what you have today. Be grateful, grasshoppers. And more is coming.
This post was edited on 3/20/14 at 8:29 pm
Posted by Rickety Cricket
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Member since Aug 2007
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Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:26 pm to
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Where will downtown St George be?

The Mall of LA?
Posted by Festus
With Skillet
Member since Nov 2009
86124 posts
Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:30 pm to
I can't imagine anything getting people to drive downtown on a Wednesday night. Or anywhere for that matter, other than real cheap drinks for college kids.
Posted by MikeD
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2004
8398 posts
Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:30 pm to
Actual downtown living space with amenities that support living downtown - grocery, shopping, pharmacy, dry cleaning etc. Right now not many places to stay for residents.
Posted by vl100butch
Ridgeland, MS
Member since Sep 2005
37036 posts
Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:31 pm to
quote:

Downtown Baton Rouge is awful. Vicksburg, MS has a better downtown.



I lived in downtown Vicksburg for about a year....it sucks donkeys!!!!!! maybe the new apartments can help, but living there got old quickly!!!!
Posted by TH03
Mogadishu
Member since Dec 2008
172004 posts
Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:32 pm to
a nuclear explosion.

it did wonders for Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Posted by Turkey_Creek_Tiger
Member since Dec 2012
12343 posts
Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:32 pm to
Posted by mikelbr
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2008
49067 posts
Posted on 3/20/14 at 8:32 pm to
quote:


I can't imagine anything getting people to drive downtown on a Wednesday night. Or anywhere for that matter, other than real cheap drinks for college kids


Downtown Atlanta is the same way. It's hit or miss anywhere. I struggled to find a decent place to eat then drink when staying by Centennial Park. It's a Wednesday Free! Stop being a bitch. Text me btw
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