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Originally Posted by Exiled In Lafayette
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It should. The DDD is planning to begin these projects as others are wrapping up. Also the bike path and linear park beneath I-110 should begin.
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Originally Posted by nola3
At times it seems there is more new construction in Baton Rouge than New Orleans....I hear Lafayette is booming also. Maybe someone should start a thread for that area of the state.
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I wish! New Orleans has much more going on but Baton Rouge isn't slacking.
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Originally Posted by Thomas Jefferson
a few thoughts:
glad to see downtown BR on the upward slope. lots to overcome though:
-tons of surface lots
-very few after hours attractions besides 3rd street bars and casino
-downtown feels very "cut off" by interstate on 2 sides, state capital grounds on 3rd, and obviously river on 4th.
for as good as downtown has been doing, development on Burbank has been deplorable:
-tons of college apartments and tiny cookie cutter homes going up, all with single outlets onto Burbank and no development of a street grid. All this will deteriorate to the levels of the stuff on Jennifer Jean, Tigerland, Alvin Dark, etc. Look @ Lake Beau Pre...same concept and the place is a shithole now. How much off-campus student housing is really necessary? Seems pretty saturated at the moment.
By the way...how have we not discussed the whole St George issue?
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Surface lots aren't much of a problem, IMO. There are other cities with twice as many in their downtowns. Most of the developed areas like 3rd, Convention, and Lafayette don't have many surface lots although I'd like to see them filled.
For the size and history of Baton Rouge, downtown has come a LONG way. Just 10 years ago there were no hotels and not a lick of nightlife or residential to speak of. It was a joke. There's Tsunami (Lafayette St rooftop bar/restaurant), the Blues Room on Lafayette, Hotel Indigo bar, and Red Star (looks like some Russian cabaret club). There are about 15 bars/lounges downtown and more and more keep opening. Not shabby considering that 3rd St was dead just a mere few years ago.
I don't think the interstates or Capitol Grounds hinder that much of anything. That part of Mid-City as well as downtown bordering the interstate isn't lively or attracting business like other parts of the city. The Capitol doesn't block any kind of desirable neighborhood. All there is above it are plants. The river is an attraction in itself.
What do you expect on Burbank? The rich people's homes with land backing Burbank don't want that kind of development and Baton Rouge isn't the leader in urban projects. If you want to see urban student living then keep an eye out for Old South Baton Rouge, especially if the Water Campus breaks ground.
We can talk St. George.
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Originally Posted by Thomas Jefferson
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Right!? Love this development. This would help keep more graduates here and revitalize OSBR.