Frustrated that folks think it’s OK to toss stuff on the ground? (We know. Grrrr.) Want to do something about it? We have a way! On Saturday, April 23, from 8 until noon, teams are going to be spreading out all over downtown Shreveport to take part in the loveshreveport Citywide Cleanup. We’d love to […]
If you haven’t had the opportunity to go by and see The Gallery at Andress, this weekend is your chance. The gallery is featuring the vibrant, colorful paintings of Martin Welch (see Welch’s story below). The space on the ground floor of the beautiful Andress Artist and Entrepreneur Center was filled over the grand opening […]
It’s been a wonderfully weird and mostly fun year for Jim Malsch, the owner of 717 Crockett Street. His rehab of the former Andress Ford into the Andress Artist and Entrepreneur Center was smooth and seamless, made easier with the talented design and construction professionals he had hired to turn the former blighted building into […]
Realtor Trent Siskron is beginning to wonder if he has a tiger by the tail. This past week, he listed 710 Crockett, the ‘Salvation Army Lofts’ and already, the listing is going viral. “I haven’t seen anything like this on any other listing I have had,” he told me this morning. It’s not a surprise […]
There has been some shuffling of properties on historic Austin Place downtown. The street, which houses a lovely variety of pre-1900 residential buildings has seen recent ownership changes to 754 and 758 Austin, and most recently, the sale of two residential buildings adjacent to the old Ogilvie-Wiener Mansion. Ogilvie-Wiener owner Debbie Bryant tells us she […]
When the Antlers Hotel opened in 1911, the area known as ‘Five Points’ was a happening place. The intersection where Texas Street, Texas Avenue, Common and Milam Streets converged in five points of the compass was filled with buildings and commerce. The Antlers, which would become the ‘New’ Creswell Hotel in 1917 and the Creswell […]
A nice office space on Texas Avenue overlooking the new Caddo Common Park will be coming available the end of this month, Oct. 30. The office space is approximately 1700 square feet and will lease for $1.00 per foot, monthly. It has fenced parking in the rear and additional parking for customers in the front. […]
The monthly Sunday in Caddo Common Park, 800 Texas Avenue, has returned (along with more reasonable weather)! The Shreveport Regional Arts Council and Caddo Parish Parks and Rec invite you to come out for an afternoon of free family fun on Sunday, Sept. 19, noon- 4:30 pm. The day will include live music by the […]
It didn’t take long for the cool Andress Artist and Entrepreneur Center, 717 Crockett Street, to become a desired business address. The historically-rehabbed space offers equal parts business, art and opportunity to tenants who are curated to provide added value to other tenants. Need a website built? There is an in-house design firm. Need a […]
It’s going to be a huge and happening Dad’s Day at Caddo Common Park, 869 Texas Ave., Sunday, starting at noon. You’ll have a chance to get your heart rate up with a dance workout presented by Caddo Parish Parks & Recreation with Fitness Activities led by Juston Joneson of Imperium Fitness/Planet Fitness and Darcell “Swoll” […]
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