Thursday, October 16, 2003
Morgan, Hill, Sutton & Mitchell, an architecture and design firm based in Shreveport, LA has posted its plan for redevelopment of an historic music village near the Municipal Auditorium. (Personal note: I worked on the plan with my older brother, Hunter, the former city planning director for Cleveland.)
Music buffs know the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport as the site of the Louisiana Hayride, a radio show that rivaled the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. Indeed, the Hayride handled acts before they reached Nashville. Elvis, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and others all got their start in Shreveport.
Earlier this month, the Louisiana Chapter of the American Planning Association presented the Outstanding Planning Award for the plan at its annual conference in New Orleans.
You can download a copy of the plan from this page. Go.
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Shreveport's Historic Music Village
