If you procrastinated on putting a deposit down on one of John Cush’s condos at Ridgeway Square, 719 Marshall St., you are officially out of luck. The final two of the six custom condos, have sold. The spaces combine the best of the old – high ceilings, old brick walls and tin ceiling tiles- with […]
Kajun Korner Food Express will be throwing open their doors at 400 Texas Street (adjacent to the Shreve Memorial Library) Friday, April 30 at 10 am! Predicted rain should not keep hungry downtownies away from Karanda Tucker’s fun new eatery. Her new brick-and-mortar is just a short walk away from Government Plaza, the Caddo Parish […]
High Gravity Glassworks, the new glassblowing retailer at Red River Brewpub, 1200 Marshall Street, is up and going with plans to host their official ‘Launch Party’ on Friday, April 30. The glassblowing business will be open Tuesday through Thursday from 3pm-8pm, 2pm-8pm Friday and Saturday, 12-5pm Sundays. You’ll be happy to know that the popular […]
After more than a year shuttered by Covid and construction, Rydaz Bar, aka Lake Street Bar at 315 Lake Street, will be reopening on Sunday, April 18 with a two-fer. From 2-6 pm, come and enjoy the Blues & BBQ Day Party featuring Flava’s BBQ, hosted by DJ Hummer Lummer. From 7-11pm, it’s the Bayou […]
Work is continuing on a proposed Southern University satellite law school in downtown Shreveport. Initial conversations center around the school locating on two floors of the current Main Branch of the Shreve Memorial Library, 424 Texas St. Southern is aiming to begin classes in the spring semester of 2022 and host another in the spring […]
For more than 20 years, the 16-story tower on the northeast corner of Texas and Edwards Streets, in the dead center of downtown’s important Central Business District, has been vacant, a ghost of its former self. That could be changing. Last week, the Dubin/Guru Group in Northbrook, Ill., closed on the Petroleum Tower and […]
On the heels of Capital One Bank announcing the closure of two branches (including downtown) in April, Regions Bank is also announcing they intend to move the services of the downtown branch to Line Avenue as of May 21. If you will continue to need in-person customer service at a bank downtown, we would encourage […]
Fat’s Oyster House in the Red River District, has started serving. Fat’s owner Chase Boytim threw open the doors as part of a ‘soft opening’ Super Bowl weekend and was happy with the turnout. Several events including karaoke on Friday night, live music Saturday evening, boiled crawfish by the pound and the game on Sunday […]
The Darragh Company (www.darraghcompany.com), a commercial construction supply company, announced the acquisition of Morgan Tool & Supply (www.morgantoolandsupply.com), 939 Louisiana Avenue in downtown Shreveport effective March 1, 2021. With the acquisition, Darragh will have a total of 13 locations in all its divisions in Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee, and now Louisiana. Rich Dunlap, Darragh Company CEO […]
There are a lot of signs we love seeing downtown. ‘This way to the Farmers’ Market’ is one, ‘Artwalk stop’ is a particular favorite…but ‘Sale Pending’ and ‘Sold’ probably make us the very happiest, especially when we know that the purchaser loves old buildings and downtown and has good things in store for the property. […]
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