Inglewood Mall update 2014 Morgan City La

Also check out my updated Kenilworth Mall post. 

Here is another visit to the Inglewood Mall in Morgan City Louisiana. A Walmart Neighborhood market is scheduled to be built next to the mall in the near future, possibly helping to bring new businesses to the mall. The mall had gained at least two new stores since my last visit, a cell phone store and a clothing/beauty salon store next to Tampico. This is one of the few completely retro malls from the 1970's still left intact in south Texas and Louisiana. This mall was similar in size and shape to the demolished Kenilworth Mall in Eastern New Orleans.

The stores at the mall include 

Lake Cinema 4 screens (no mall entrance)

Tampico Mexican Restaurant/ Lounge/ Corporate offices

First National Bank

Liberty Tax

Republic Tax

2 separate attorney offices

Cardiac Rehab Services

I-refurbish cell phones/electronics

Pilant Court Reporting

Dancing Divas Dance Studio

Bayour Smile

La Princesa clothing and (beauty salon)

A look inside of the mall corridors.

The interior of the former K and B was stripped out with a sign advertising the space for lease. 

There was better lighting on this visit so you can see much better how cool this retro mall still is.

This is a cell phone repair store I-refurbish, that was new in the middle of the mall.

A look at the corridor near the cinema section of the mall.

A view of the two different types of skylights in the mall. I still have yet to visit the mall at night to see if these lights are used.

This spot of the mall reflected too much light to get a good photo.

With better lighting you can see the sign from the court reporting service that is at the mall. 

The back side of the Tampico restaurant shows that it is or was a club.

The wall of the Tampico Mexican restaurant.

Looking across the mall from the entrance near the Tampico restaurant.

A view of the dead end corridor. This part of the mall looks like it was built for an anchor which never happened.

The store to the left is for the corporate offices of Tampico restaurants. 

Tampico on the left and the former K and B to the right.

Another view of the inside of the stripped out former K and B from the front entrance glass.

Inglewood Mall Morgan City LA

Here is another fascinating mall from Louisiana. Several Louisiana posts and an update on Mall of the Mainland are on the way, stay tuned. The Inglewood Mall is located just east of downtown Morgan City Louisiana at the corner of 9th and Brashear Rd. (1025 Victor II Blvd), in a city of over 12,000 residents. The mall is shaped in a cross pattern with no large department store anchors and entrances on three sides. The small corridor on the south side of the mall does not have an outside entrance. Unfortunately the mall doors were locked on the 1st visit (on a weekend), so I could not go inside. On my second visit during the week the doors were open, and so were a few offices. This mall featured an A and G Cafeteria, The Computer People store, K and B, and was built in the 1970's. Currently a Tampico Restaurant, Lake Cinema, a bank, and a few offices are open for business. There is no online information about what happened to this mall; we would appreciate any comments that can tell us more about this mall. The mall was obviously built in an area that could not support a mall with a large enough population. Any comments about some more stores that were here in the past or important events will be appreciated.

This is the east entrance to the mall. K and B was just to the left of the entrance behind the middle tree. The Tampico restaurant appeared to be nearly empty on this weekend day.

This former K and B location has seen better days. Water damage or humidity has really taken its toll on the interior of the store. The pharmacy "prescriptions" can still be clearly seen with the peeling K and B purple wall paper.

The cinema is the most lively part of the mall even though the cinema does not appear to have mall access.

This is the entrance to the west wing of the mall next to the cinema.

The east wing facing west. This mall is stuck in the 1970's and I will make a return trip on a weekday in the future to take a walk inside and get better photos. The mall appears to be in good repair despite the aged look.

The west wing facing east.

The north wing facing south.

The second visit Jan 2012; when the mall was open.

It is never a good sign when "we are open" is on the sign of a business.

The entrance to the cinema.

The main entrance to the mall.

The interior of the mall did not have many lights on and was very dark. The businesses open inside of the mall are the court reporters, a bank, an office for the Morgan City government, a medical supply shop, Tampico Restaurant, and there are a few other storefronts that were labeled, but were closed on my visit.

This dead end in the mall looks to have been a back entrance to the cinema.

I can see why most of the lights are off; there are hundreds of bulbs around the skylights. The bill would be high even with a switch to florescent bulbs.

Inside of the mall; I was able to get a much better shot of the K and B store. I visited this store in 1998 when it was still open. The mall did not have any retail stores left in 1998 either.

This is the entrance to the Tampico Restaurant 'after hours club"

The storefronts in the mall are all retro 1970's/1980's and very well preserved.