If you love local history and yearn to help save historic buildings, we have a place for you! Over the years, the Downtown Shreveport Development Corporation and DSDC2 have saved multiple important downtown buildings, repositioning them for a future life. This year, for the first time, DSDC is part of the Community Foundation of North […]
A few weeks ago, we inadvertently managed to break the Internet with a posting of a cool new apartment space downtown. Developer Jason Cram has created three beautiful apartments on the second floor of an historic building in the 400 block of Crockett Street. It took a keen eye to recognize what the homely, poorly-maintained […]
Congratulations to three downtown watering holes that are now (more) famous, after getting an online shout out by MyBartender.com. Lake Street Bar at 315 Lake Street, The Noble Savage at 417 Texas Street, and Fatty Arbuckles in the Red River District all make the cut as the most popular places in the region to gather […]
If you are a fan of Star Trek, you are familiar with the assimilation of Captain Jean Luc Picard into the nefarious entity known as The Borg. While the multiple air hoses snaking into the building give much the same feel as a takeover by The Borg, the outcome will hopefully be much more positive. […]
Lake Street Salon Suites located at 413 Lake Street is now open for business and owner Sharron Cooper couldn’t be happier. She greeted friends and colleagues on Monday, April 24, for a sneak peak and grand opening of her salon spaces, that are for lease. Salon Suites Innovation, LLC offers stylists a whole new way […]
84% of the 1,120 First United Methodist Church members present on Sunday, April 16 voted to disaffiliate from the Louisiana Conference of the United Methodist Church. (Official vote: Remain:166, Abstain: 14, Disaffiliate: 940). Methodist churches across the U.S. are leaving ‘United’ behind, and are striking out as independent churches, or are joining new factions such […]
The look of the 1200 block of Texas Avenue is changing as SporTran City puts on her new colors. The new multimodal facility at 1253 Texas Avenue, most recently home to Sun Furniture, has been painted and the new (old) sign has been installed. According to SporTran’s Facebook post, phase one of the building renovation […]
Grab your gardening gloves and tools and dress in your ‘no-need-to-impress’ duds and meet us at 8 am (ish) Saturday, April 22 at 416 Cotton Street for the Downtown Edition of the Love the Boot Cleanup. We are partnering with volunteers from the Shreveport Aquarium and some young people from the Word of God Ministries […]
The 70+ new trees that have been planted downtown over the past couple of months all seem to be budding out and are already making a big difference in the streetscape, so now we are on to even more! Ditto for the dead shrubs on either side of the Texas Street Bridge. They have also […]
The popular glass blowing workshop High Gravity Glassworks has expanded its gallery to include a huge variety of pre-made, ready to buy glass items. From glasses and vases to flowers, hummingbird feeders, table art pieces to mushrooms, fish and pumpkins, you can find a perfect gift for whoever you’re buying for. Another great option is […]
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