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Pretty much everyone knows that Shreve Town and later, Shreveport, were named after Captain Henry Miller Shreve, he of Graft Raft-clearing fame. What you might not realize is that Shreve never lived in Shreve Town OR Shreveport, he really only made money and a name for himself from it. One of the other founders, however, […]

For years prior to the painting of the Millennium Mural on the south and east sides of the A T & T Building in Downtown Shreveport, the building was known simply as the ‘one with the giant antenna on the roof.’ That has now changed, thanks to advances in technology. The giant Nautilus-looking structure that […]

The Remington Suite Hotel & Spa is the region’s premier boutique hotel and soon, it will be getting even sweeter. Over the years, the hotel has been the go-to lodging for many of the Hollywood film and movie stars that have spent time in Shreveport-Bossier. It was not unusual to be bellied up to the […]

Just to the south of the Texas Street Bridge, sitting squarely in the middle of the 500 block of Spring Street, sits a building with a history.  Most recently known as the ‘Kirby Kelly Building’ (after the attorney with the white hat who owned it), the building long pre-dates Kelly. It is adjacent to arguably […]

On Tuesday, the Shreveport City Council will vote to allow Mayor Ollie Tyler to move $1.2 million in Economic Development Administration (EDA) grants slated to return to Washington to the shovel-ready Shreveport Common greenspace. Mayor Ollie Tyler made the announcement recently, kicking the project into high gear, and promising a groundbreaking in late summer. The […]

If you’re a non-motorized two-wheel kind of person, the city is working to give you more safe routes of travel downtown. They are moving forward with bike lanes and on-street vehicle parking on Marshall Street. To accomplish this, the current four-lane roadway will be reduced to two lanes. The location of the bicycle lanes will […]