The 21st century may be well underway, but the eight-block stretch of Oak Street above S. Carrollton Avenue is a throwback.
With dozens of locally owned shops, restaurants, bars and assorted businesses, Oak Street is an old-fashioned shopping destination.
On Thursday, the business corridor’s civic organization unveiled a pair of bronze markers that call attention to upper Oak Street’s historic importance. One sign is at the corner S. Carrollton and the other at the Eagle Street traffic triangle, near the border of Jefferson Parish…