Remember West End and the restaurants? Move afoot to bring it back
Lakefront entertainment spot was home to restaurants including Fitzgerald s and Jaeger s and more before Hurricane Katrina laid waste to it Author: Danny Monteverde / Eyewitness News Published: 10:35 PM CDT May 8, 2021 Updated: 8:24 AM CDT May 10, 2021
NEW ORLEANS People strolled along the Lakeshore Drive seawall and sailed on Lake Pontchartrain Saturday, but it was a far different scene near the old West End area.
Desolate is one way to describe it right now.
If all goes according to plan, things could change in the not-too-distant future.
“I drove past West End yesterday and that old parking lot, you know, it still is in shambles,” said Jefferson Parish Councilwoman Jennifer Van Vrencken. “It still is not what we remember, but it gives me hope that we will transform it over the next few years.