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Posted on 4/9/18 at 9:59 am to RoyalWe
Remember Pedro's Tacos? Man, the bars would close at 2 but Pedro's was open til 3. I remember folks dancing and sleeping on tables.
Posted on 4/9/18 at 10:03 am to Parmen
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Having been to Oxford, I don't want that.
Oxford is awesome.
Posted on 4/9/18 at 10:06 am to Slippy
Holy shite you complain a lot
Posted on 4/9/18 at 10:06 am to Slippy
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Back in the 80's
Bout to say. It's looked bad as long as I can remember.
Posted on 4/9/18 at 10:10 am to Parmen
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Having been to Oxford, I don't want that.
I’m kind of doubting you’ve ever been there. The ole miss rivalry aside, you can’t say Oxford isn’t the perfect college town.
Posted on 4/9/18 at 10:14 am to Ed Osteen
Oxford is boring
Posted on 4/9/18 at 10:15 am to parrotdr
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Remember Pedro's Tacos?
I talk about Pedro's to this day.
Some of the most disgusting food I ever loved.
Posted on 4/9/18 at 10:18 am to Sun God
we must have had different friends. I lived right off the square for years and nothing was ever boring If Oxford is boring, I’d love to hear your opinion of Baton Rouge
This post was edited on 4/9/18 at 10:19 am
Posted on 4/9/18 at 10:28 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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One of the great failings of LSU admin over the years is not solving the ghetto problem around campus.
LSU has the money and political capital to solve this issue. But not the will.
Yes, LSU could and should have done more, but to claim LSU has the juice to fix this area is ridiculous. Its a social and community problem, but also a real estate issue. Even with massive federal investments market conditions are the biggest force for change.
Other large university with billion dollar endowments have has some success with community investment. But in almost every case its been a long, slow, and expensive effort with some marginal positive returns. Penn and the University of Chicago might be the best examples of university investments, and those school are surrounded by neighborhoods that made the bottoms look like the CCLA. But again its been over decades and those schools have the bank to fund it. Frankly, LSU doesn't.
Also this is directed to other posters in this thread, there is serious romanticizing of Highland Rd based on the location of a few fun clubs. Since the late 70s Highland Rd between LSU and downtown has always been rough, especially during the crack years.
Posted on 4/9/18 at 10:30 am to McLemore
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the Bengal
Drinking with Lincoln
In the mid to late 80's I spent WAY too many nights at the Bengal playing fooseball against MoMo and getting free drinks from my buddy Richard McKay behind the bar. He and I worked at Tuffy's bike shop together and he was also a bartender at the Bengal.
Captain Jack on the dance floor at closing time pretty much guaranteed you were taking some chick home if you could stand to lower your expectations.
I don't think anyone has mentioned Xanthus or Tiger Tracks on Highland. Xanthus was the closest BR could get to a freakshow gay/alternative Blue Crystal type bar. We'd go there for the music and to crowd watch.
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Also the Library, which was next to the Bayou was a cool bar.
And yes, crime was bad even back then. I parked next to the police station across from the Bengal one night and someone stole the radio out of my truck. Broke the side window. frickers.
THEN, about 4 months later, I was parked right in front of the Bengal, basically ON Highland road, and someone stole the leather bra off the front of my truck. (yes, kids, that was a big fad in the 80's. Everyone had a lowered truck, usually a Toyota, with a leather bra on it. But we didn't eat Tide pods or snort rubbers so don't judge)
This post was edited on 4/9/18 at 10:35 am
Posted on 4/9/18 at 10:31 am to fallguy_1978
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I haven't been down N Highland in probably a decade.
I’ll save you a trip, it’s like most of NBR
Posted on 4/9/18 at 10:37 am to gthog61
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Pray that the brave employees of Wienerschnitzel can continue to hold the line.
"Night gathers, and now my watch begins. It shall not end until my death. I shall take no wife, hold no lands, father no children. I shall wear no crowns and win no glory. I shall live and die at my post. I am the sword in the darkness. I am the watcher on the walls. I am the shield that guards the realms of men. I pledge my life and honor to the Night's Watch, for this night and all the nights to come."
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