Shreveport is the third-largest city in the state of Louisiana. It was founded in 1836 by the Shreve Town Company. This company aimed to develop a town at the juncture of the newly navigable Red River and the Texas Trail, linked to the newly independent Republic of Texas. Shreveport served as the Confederate capital and headquarters for the Trans-Mississippi forces of the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Railways arrived by 1900, and river commerce, hampered by silt, declined. When oil was found in 1906, the city boomed.
Below are some fascinating photos that show what Shreveport looked like in the 1990s. In the mid-1990s, the coming of riverboat gambling to Shreveport attracted numerous new patrons to the downtown and spurred a revitalization of the adjacent riverfront areas. Many downtown streets were given a facelift through the “Streetscape” project. Traditional brick sidewalks and crosswalks were built, and statues, sculptures, and mosaics were added to create a better pedestrian environment.
There was no life back then, either.
Shreve Square buildings still standing is a sight to behold.
I have to get some jeans at Yellen’s. Would you like anything from The Fun Shop?
Photographs of downtown Shreveport in the 1990s would be incomplete without including McDonalds?
Sigh same ole same ole but more crime
There should be more pictures of Shreveport in the 90s. Everything has slipped my mind!
The public service commission and Foster Campbell’s office were located in that building, if I remember correctly. I’m not sure about the 90s
Since he was not elected to PSC until after~ 2002 I doubt this housed his office in the 90s.
yes I looked up when Foster Campbell was in office. It may have always been the PSC though
These are great. I am not sure if this is the right place to post, but if I have to make my own post, no problem. However, does anyone remember Quality Machine on Hollywood? There was a time when my mother worked there and met my stepdad, so I’d love to find her a picture or two.