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When will Tigerland be bulldozed and redeveloped?
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:32 am
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:32 am
It's become as bad as Mall City these days. When did it become a slum? TL was a great place for students back-in-the-day. I quaffed down many a brewski at the Tiger Lair Lounge in Tiger Plaza Apartments in my younger days and a few more at Fap's and Zachary's.
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Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:34 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Best thing the city of BR could do is have some B-52's from Barksdale carpet bomb the area. I mean, it was kind of shady back when I was at LSU in the late 90's but absolutely nothing like it is today. It definitely used to be for college students, but from what I've seen in recent times, there are not many young scholars living in Tigerland these days.
This post was edited on 8/5/22 at 8:36 am
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:34 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Why bulldoze it? It’s a beach head for criminals to prey on LSU students.
It’s a feature, not a bug.
It’s a feature, not a bug.
This post was edited on 8/5/22 at 8:37 am
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:35 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
When you get every individual owner of the bars, apartments, and govt housing to all sell out at the same time. Then find someone willing to pay that absurd amount of money just to add another shopping center/new housing in an already saturated area.
So never
So never
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:35 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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When did it become a slum?
When the landlords realized they could make more money from Section 8 housing than renting to students.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:36 am to LSUAlum2001
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When the landlords realized they could make more money from Section 8 housing than renting to students.
TOPS came and students suddenly had more to spend on housing. Wanted roommates that weren’t cockroaches.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:38 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
If the owners of Tigerland had the ole Rockefeller mindset, they would strongarm the housing owners into selling and bulldoze/redevelop into the college housing/bar utopia it could be. If you could turn off the section 8 vouchers, no one would want to live there and they would start losing out on rent.
But I'm sure a lot of those complexes are already owned by trusts/corporations with deeper pockets.
But I'm sure a lot of those complexes are already owned by trusts/corporations with deeper pockets.
This post was edited on 8/5/22 at 8:39 am
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:40 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Never.
The owners get a steady check from the government. Then when things are messed up, it’s cheaper to just fix the old shitey apartments and keep getting the steady government check
The owners get a steady check from the government. Then when things are messed up, it’s cheaper to just fix the old shitey apartments and keep getting the steady government check
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:40 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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When did it become a slum? TL was a great place for students back-in-the-day.
over 15 years ago at least.
Sharlo was still livable for awhile but by the time i left BR, it was going downhill.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:41 am to Sgt_Lincoln_Osiris
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owners of Tigerland
I think Tiger Plaza and Tiger Square got new ownership recently, but it will likely be more of the same. Slum lords, basically.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:43 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Was one of my plans if I won the MegaMillions this past week.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:43 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Tigerland seems to have become Baton Rouge’s Biosphere for economics and culture. Such a great social experiment.
It’s where haves become have-nots, and where have-nots can become haves by interacting with each other in ways unique to each culture.
It’s where haves become have-nots, and where have-nots can become haves by interacting with each other in ways unique to each culture.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:43 am to Sgt_Lincoln_Osiris
Bar owners aren't worried about it because they are still making a shite ton of money. Of course they would like the area to be nicer and safer, but Tigerland is still packed every weekend during the school year.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:45 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Late 90s it was still OK but the outer duplexes started getting Section 8 types. Then it spread in. By 2003 it was pretty rough in there.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:49 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Had an apartment on second floor on back side of what was Bengal Apartments Complex. We would watch the Louisiana School For Death play football on Friday nights from our balcony. Those kids would hike the ball based on number of beats of a floor drum....they could feel the vibration. It was pretty cool to watch them play. Also used to use their track to workout at night. Hell even met my wife in tigerland.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:51 am to mthorn2
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Louisiana School For Death play football
This post was edited on 8/5/22 at 8:52 am
Posted on 8/5/22 at 8:52 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Not soon enough.
Problem is that those slums will stick around until they get condemned or Section 8 is no longer paying for them.
Problem is that those slums will stick around until they get condemned or Section 8 is no longer paying for them.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 9:17 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
If I were a billionaire investor, I would buy all the Tigerland apartments, the garbage bars (all but Freds), and the houses around Tigerland off of Alvin Dark. I would bulldoze the apartments and renovate the houses. I would then work with the owner of Freds to develop an amazing bar scene that would bring in serious cash. The renovated houses would quadruple in value with the ghetto apartments removed and the new bar scene in walking distance. Theres a lot of money to be made.
Posted on 8/5/22 at 9:19 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
With all the new apartment developments.. there is a huge surplus of student housing in the area. There is no money to be made in redeveloping them at this point....unfortunately as the market has dictated, section 8 is probably the best us for those apartments... what should have moved at some point are the bar.. hard for them to justify buying expensive land somewhere else when patrons will still come to the crappy location they already own
Posted on 8/5/22 at 9:24 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
It’s BEEN a slum for at least 20 year used to be lots of coke and other drugs sold out there,
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