Realtor Trent Siskron has just signed on to represent several interesting properties in the 700 block of Milam Street, the former Creswell Hotel and the private residence and apartment that are adjacent. The properties are for sale as a block or individually. Asking price for the Creswell is $350,000, and the residence with apartment is […]
Way back in 1920, the pastor of the City of Shreveport’s First Baptist Church told his congregation there were three things his growing city needed- a public library, a new school building with an auditorium for public lectures and a great YMCA building. All eventually happened. Within five years, the city’s first Young Men’s Christian […]
Chances are good you won’t recognize the old Pump Masters building at 1533 Marshall Street. The building, which sat vacant for nearly ten years, was recently purchased by Seedlinks Behavior Management to become the home office for their team of doctors, nurses and clinicians. The business offers family stability classes, mental health treatments, and crisis […]
Printed in the Shreveport Times, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020 Strength in Numbers; the Key to a Vibrant Downtown by Liz Swaine Sometimes it’s helpful to know that we’re not the only one. We are not the only place to have ever stumbled, fallen, said intemperate things, or been down on ourselves. What’s important is keep […]
New Year’s Resolution be darned- downtown’s newest location for home-baked sweets is calling your name! The doors are open at Retro Baking Company at 500 Texas, a perfect location at the corner of Texas and Marshall adjacent to Government Plaza and the main branch of the Shreve Memorial Library and across from the Caddo Parish […]
Pending approval by state regulators, ownership of downtown Shreveport’s Eldorado Casino and Resort will be changing. The sale of Eldorado to Maverick Gaming LLC is part of a huge $17.3B merger between Eldorado Resorts Inc. (ERI) and Caesar’s. Caesar’s owns Horseshoe Casino and Harrah’s Louisiana Downs in Bossier City, the Harrah’s land-based casino in New […]
We thought you would be interested in this. Twin Blends Photography, LLC is constantly pulling historic photos from the files of the LSUS Archives and other places to share on their Facebook pages. They do a great job of sharing what downtown Shreveport used to look like and they ‘morph’ photos to show what the […]
Reprinted from the Shreveport Times Our Opposition to Cross Bayou Point The Boards of Directors of the Downtown Development Authority (DDA) and the Downtown Shreveport Development Corporation (DSDC) have voted to oppose the current Cross Bayou Point plan proposed by Gateway Development Consortium (GDC). These votes are significant in that both of these organizations were […]
Nov. 20, 2019 UPDATE– The Hilton Shreveport (the world class business hotel we fondly know as the Hilton Downtown) is in the final days of a big new ‘do. Work on a massive re-do of the lobby, the bar, restaurant, meeting rooms, common spaces…even of wiring and lighting, is coming to an end. Plans are to […]
Some of the coveted mezzanine space at The Lofts at 624 is available, which could be very good news for you! There are three big reasons we love this space: The natural light that floods through floor-to-ceiling windows. Vitamin D every day! The mezzanine spaces put you at eye level with a remarkable piece of […]
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