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When the economy hit the skids in the 1980s with the loss of the oil business, New Orleans East became less affluent. Many residents fled to the North Shore/Slidell area, which wound up with its own mall, (North Shore Square), which had many of the same anchors and mall stores as Lake Forest. Sears was the first large anchor to close at the Plaza.
Forrest Edward Mars Sr. (March 21, 1904 – July 1, 1999) was an American billionaire businessman and the driving force of the Mars candy empire. He is best known for introducing Milky Way (1924) and Mars (1932) chocolate bars , and M&M's (1941) chocolate, as well as orchestrating the launch of Uncle Ben's Rice .
The Outlet Collection at Riverwalk, previously known as Riverwalk Marketplace until 2014, is an outlet mall located in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana. It is located along the Mississippi River waterfront, stretching from the base of Canal Street , upriver to the New Orleans Morial Convention Center , and is connected to ...
D. H. Holmes was a New Orleans department store and later a New Orleans–based chain of department stores. The company was founded in 1842 by Daniel Henry Holmes , after whom it is named. [ 1 ] In 1849 he moved his headquarters to Canal Street , where he developed his first department store.
New Orleans and the state of Louisiana experienced an economic decline in the late 1980s, which slowed development. Lake Forest Plaza , an 80-acre (320,000 m 2 ) 1,200,000-square-foot (110,000 m 2 ) shopping center in the heart of West Lake Forest, was hit hard by the downturn.
Tucked away in the desert off Cactus Garden Drive sits a chocolate factory that makes small batch super-premium candy. Ethel M is such a Las Vegas staple that Kyle Busch often visited as a child ...
In 1903, Krauss Department Store was opened at 1201 Canal Street, New Orleans by Leon Fellman and his nephews, the Krauss brothers—Max, Alfred, Leopold, and Fritz. The building cost $25,000. Because of its location—right on the edge of Storyville—the store sold satin and lace to the ladies of the "District," as it was known.
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