1229 Texas Avenue is not a building that would generally elicit any response other than ‘Oooh’, and not in a good way. Many downtown buildings- from the former Sears Department Store at 624 Texas Street, to the Interstate Wholesale Furniture at 816 McNeil- covered all their windows once air conditioning became available. Apparently, cooled air […]
There are places people who’ve been in Shreveport for a while remember fondly. Shreve Square. Nanking’s restaurant. The Florentine. These are the businesses in which wild plans were hatched, friendships begun, drunken ideas were debated long into the night, and memories were made. Those places are gone, but over the years, others have taken their […]
Bally’s Shreveport was on a roll in the most recent Casino Player ratings for service, scoring 2022 wins in Overall Service, Best Breakfast, Best Romantic Restaurant, Best Lounge, Best Happy Hour & Best Casino Cocktail Service. Casino Player has been giving the awards for almost 30 years, “asking our readers to tell us about their […]
Downtown’s Red River District, the pretty, tree-lined area of shops under the Texas Street Bridge across from Bally’s Casino, is shady, welcoming, and quiet. Too quiet. The quiet is mostly because the district’s three largest retail/restaurant spaces are empty, waiting for tenants to bite, funding to be acquired and leases to be approved. This is […]
(This column was written for SB Focus during the height of the Covid outbreak. Though the restrictions have been lifted, the need to support our small and local businesses is just as important!) By Liz Swaine A friend recently quipped that it takes seven times doing something to form a habit. I’m not sure if […]
The Remington Suite Hotel and Spa wants downtownies to eat brunch downtown Saturdays and Sundays, and they’re going to make it easier for you to say ‘yes’ with a special ‘Downtown Discount.’ The buffet offerings, which change weekly, are $24.99 to walk-in and hotel guests, and $18.99 for residents of and employees downtown! The buffets […]
Don’t be surprised to see officers ‘walking the beat’ in downtown Shreveport. The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and Downtown Shreveport Development Corporation (DSDC) are hiring off-duty Shreveport police officers to patrol downtown on random days and times. The foot patrol is not intended to take the place of on-duty officers, but to add more visibility […]
Lena Thomason, former owner of Lena’s Shoe Gallery at 501 Milam Street, passed away the week of March 28, 2022 at the age of 94. Her funeral is planned for Sunday, April 2, at Rose Neath Southside at 2529 Southside Dr., Shreveport. Visitation is planned for noon- 2 pm, services at 2. The family invites […]
If you love history, revel in shared knowledge and love broadening horizons, a position at downtown’s Spring Street Museum at 525 Spring Street may be for you! The museum is looking for a new director. They are seeking someone with a degree in history, archaeology, museum studies or a related field. This is a 40-hour-a-week […]
A wise person once said that good things come in small packages and we couldn’t agree more. One small section of the southern part of downtown awakens each morning to the sounds of hammers and saws, and the package that will eventually be opened here will be a beautiful one, indeed. When you drive into […]
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