In 2015, the City of Shreveport closed the Lake Street crossing just to the east of the Holiday Inn to work with Union Pacific Railroad (UPRR) and the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) to get a so-called ‘Quiet Zone’ established. The Mayor’s Office intended that the crossing would reopen, better and quieter than before. [box] CITY […]
We are one step closer to getting some additional color and greenery onto downtown sidewalks. If you’re not a gardener, you might not realize that all plant growing material isn’t created equally. The requirements for the wick-watered Earthplanter pots that are going to be deployed downtown is a peat-based medium, and the recommended brand is […]
In the past two years, the number of downtown murals has grown by leaps and bounds and many of the painted murals have felt the brush of artist Ka’Davien Baylor. Ka’Davien, ‘KD’ to friends, first popped back on the Shreveport art scene in 2020 with a mural at 1533 Marshall Street called Leaders of Tomorrow, […]
Monday, Dec. 11 was a good day for Shreveport with back-to-back press events unveiling grant dollars being deployed for downtown. Centerpoint Energy Foundation and Sam Walters, the CenterPoint Energy North Louisiana District Manager, were on hand to give a ceremonial check, but a very real $30,000 to the Shreveport Regional Arts Council (SRAC). SRAC Executive […]
Working on all the things needed downtown is a big job, and we really appreciate the help recently from Heard, McElroy and Vestal, the Shreveport Aquarium, Barksdale Air Force Base and Chimp Haven! The Aquarium pitched in with volunteers on Saturday, Nov. 4 to help clean up the serious overgrowth around the Waddell A-Truss Bridge […]
If you have ever wondered what a ‘kid magnet’ looks like, wonder no more. It looks like a spray park. This is a typical day at the Clyde Fant Parkway Riverview Park Spray Park before 2015. In 2015, the kiddos and the dancing water went away, victim to a pretty terrible Red River flood that […]
Granted, while a pot might not be as cute as a puppy, it also won’t tinkle on your carpet or chew up your new shoes. In the next couple of months, beautiful Earthplanter pots will begin showing up on selected corners on Texas Street as part of test program to gauge how the plants thrive/survive. […]
You just have a few days left to get your comments in on the proposed I-49 Inner City Connector (ICC). We’re asking that you send comments stating your opposition to Alt Route 3A, one that we believe is especially damaging to Downtown. Opposition to 3A so far includes the Downtown Development Authority(DDA), the Downtown […]
Thanks to all who attended the I-20 Rehab Meeting Wednesday morning at artspace. DoTD Public Information Officer Erin Buchanan Mills briefed attendees on the phases of construction to come, suggested alternate routes of travel, and updated the DoTD’s minority participation process and goals. One of the most important things to come out of the meeting […]
Christmas in the Sky, rain and intense heat couldn’t stop the return of Quilt Kiosk at the corner of McNeil and Texas Streets downtown, but artist Bruce Allen laughingly admits that they could slow it down. When an SUV crashed into the public art sculpture created by Barbara Abbott, Frances Drew, James Avant, Raymond Davis, […]
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