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Volume 115, Issue 5
Friday, Aug. 27, 2010
Sunday marks Hurricane Katrina’s 5-year anniversary Monday edition to feature storm special Matthew Albright Staff Writer
Sunday will mark the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the storm that tore across the Gulf of Mexico’s coast, devastating whole communities and leaving New
Orleans underwater for almost a week. In the weeks following the storm, the University served as an 800-bed field hospital — then the largest in national history, according to a book written about the experience, “LSU in the Eye of the Storm.” Many students returned to campus that year after seeing their homes flooded and destroyed by the storm. As the anniversary approaches, students on campus and people
throughout the state are stopping to remember the tragedy. In New Orleans, citizens have gathered throughout the week for both formal and informal remembrances. There have been jazz funerals, symposiums, exhibitions and other events. President Barack Obama will travel to New Orleans on Sunday to mark the occasion with a speech at Xavier University. The anniversary also attracted
some national attention. CNN ran a series of reports called “New Orleans Rising,” examining how well the city and the region have recovered. The Newseum, a museum in Washington, D.C. showcasing journalism history, opened an exhibit cataloging coverage of the hurricane. Coverage by New Orleans newspaper The Times-Picayune features heavily in that exhibit. The TimesPicayune won a Pulitzer prize for
that coverage. For retrospectives on the University and its role in the disaster, be sure to read The Daily Reveille’s Monday edition. There will be articles remembering the University’s role in the disaster response and articles about the impact the hurricane had on the University and Baton Rouge. Contact Matthew Albright at malbright@lsureveille.com
That Was Then . . . This Is Now
photo courtesy of COURTNEY AND JIM ZIETS
ZACH BREAUX / The Daily Reveille
[Left] The Varsity Theatre in the North Gate area advertises “The Third Man” and “Grease” in 1978. [Right] Now-popular restaurant The Chimes has replaced Tiger Town Pharmacy as The Varsity’s neighbor.
North Gate area through the years:
1941 - Louie’s Cafe opens on Chimes Street
1937 - The Varsity Theatre opens
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1983 - The Chimes Restaurant opens
1973 - Fire destroys original Co-op Bookstore and other businesses
2010 - College Row opens, bringing more chain stores to the area
North Gate area gets commercialized facelift, but local businesses have stronger staying power Frederick Holl Staff Writer
From the original location of the Co-op Bookstore and Baker’s Restaurant to Varsity Theatre and
Louie’s Cafe, the North Gate area has housed some of the University’s most beloved local establishments, but a new development is hoping to find its place even without local flavor.
College Row, the new shopping center at the North Gates of the University, is filling up with large national companies in an area that hasn’t seen many chains find success.
Some of the oldest businesses in the area date back before World War II; the Varsity Theatre opened its doors in 1937, while Louie’s, which moved to its current location in 1986, opened on Chimes Street
in 1941. Other popular places haven’t been around quite that long but still have more staying power than other NORTH GATE, see page 6