Jackson Jambalaya

A sad sign of the times as Jackson, MS continues its steady decline.

Just wait until they open the M Bar parking annex there and run shuttle busses to Ridgewood Court.

I still cannot believe this situation because it doesn't seem like it was but a few years ago this was a thriving office building with strayer university in it along with many other businesses. I may be wrong but that couldn't have been more than 5 years ago......

Jackson's poster child. Don't forget about the 500 abandoned homes and the weekly fires started by meth/crack heads.

I was hoping for an implosion.

This is an appropriate metaphor for the city of Jackson.

I always thought that was the most unique building in Jackson. Too bad.

I was in that building 20 years ago- crime had started then- at least once a week, a car was being broken into. Briarwood used to be a very nice corridor.
Thanks Harvey or Kane or who ever was the progressive mayor back then!

When Strayer University moves in, the end is near. They rent bargain basement facilities, to match their degrees.

10:30, unique it was. But I worked there briefly, and a triangular footprint leaves lots of wasted space in the corners. It was more hassle than you would realize.

8:51 AM: Yes, Mississippi’s capital has been in a slump lately. Are you doing anything to help turn things around?

9:12 AM: Good one. Did you abandon one of those homes? I’m sure your poster child is a toothless knuckle dragger with first-cousin parents.

9:21 AM: As goes Jackson, so goes Mississippi, dipshit.

I thought this was a reference to the new construction of Don Miguel gas stop

Coming from a small town, I remember thinking I was so cool when I worked in that building and that I was living in a big thriving city.

It's incomprehensible how quickly the city fell apart with horrible elected officials in place.

January 22, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Way more than 5 years ago. Met my wife in 2017 and she lived in northeast Jackson. There was nothing there.

At least this demolition is intentional. Ridgeland hired a firm to demolish a strip mall next to their old city hall and the contractor mistakenly tore down a good portion of the old city hall.

I-55 North, the "nice" part of town, looks like Highway 80 did about 20 years ago!

Looks like they must have a pile of rocks out by the sidewalk where anybody walking by can throw one at the windows. Slow, but it will eventually come down. Not as quick as the old City Hall in Ridgeland, but it will come down.

It appears that the demolition contractor's equipment has been stolen.