Day: June 23, 2022

An Addition to Downtown’s Mural Mile

If you haven’t seen the finished mural on the side of 331 Milam (The Office Hub/downtown post office building), you’ll want to come by this week. The 2-story paint and vinyl work was completed over the Juneteenth weekend. Many murals are beautiful, but this art is a combination of history, a poignant and important story […]

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Art the Wandering Dalmatian

Many of you may be familiar the artworks of Paige Powell. Paige has created an interesting niche of digital collage and mixed media pieces that use unrelated pairings to create a fun nod to local places and spaces. Think llama in the foreground of the old Selber Bros. store, UFOs over the Centenary Gold Dome, […]

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Happier Days for Former Dept. Store

This was a good week for both the history and the future of an important block in downtown. The 500 block of Milam Street sits in the heart of the Central Business District. Across from the Caddo Parish Courthouse, for 60 years it was the home to the Rubenstein’s Department Store. For the past 35 […]

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