Action on the State Office Downtown
Baton Rouge is moving forward in relocating the State Office Building from Fairfield Avenue to 500...
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Category: Downtown History BLOG
Downtown Bar Hours Remain the Same
After a discussion that went in several directions, the City Council this week opted to preserve...
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The Era of the Pla-moor
A shell of a building adjacent to the Antioch Baptist Church on Texas Avenue is famous in its own...
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Happier Days for Former Dept. Store
This was a good week for both the history and the future of an important block in downtown. The...
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Update, 1229 Texas Avenue
1229 Texas Avenue is not a building that would generally elicit any response other than...
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427/429 Crockett Update
Driven past 427/429 Crockett Street lately? The buildings are a beehive of activity! This week,...
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Fast Work at Confederate Monument
The crew with Energy Services and Products Corp., the Tampa, Fla., company hired to remove the...
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Work Begins on Old Galilee Baptist Church
The contract has been awarded and the work is underway on stabilizing the historic Old Galilee...
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Downtown’s Department Stores
Lena Thomason, former owner of Lena’s Shoe Gallery at 501 Milam Street, passed away the week...
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Downtown Supports #Ukraine
(Please contact us with details of any support/fundraisers downtown that you are aware of.) It is...
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Logan Mansion Celebrates 125th Birthday!
In 1897, 53-year old Lafayette Robert Logan showed Shreveport that he had finally ‘made...
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Lights, Camera, More Lights!
It’s a flipping of a switch that we have been waiting years to see… and it’s...
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