Some uncommon things are taking shape in Shreveport Common. While progress continues on a distillery/restaurant/speakeasy complex in the former Arlington Hotel, another new concept is being birthed from the old Andress Garage at the corner of Crockett and Common streets.

The pair recently took over Shreveport Music. Nestled on Kings Highway among other Shreveport institutions like Strawn’s and Centenary College, Shreveport Music has been serving local musicians since 1910 with acoustic and electric guitars, bass guitars, drums, pianos and more.

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Who we interviewed: Senior Loan Officer Tara Rodgers, Goldwater Bank; Jim Griffith, senior vice president, Standard Mortgage Corporation; Owner/Broker Jaclyn Litton-Briery, Litton Mortgage; Mortgage Loan Officer Trey Culverhouse, AN- ECA FCU; and Mortgage Supervisor Gary Hairston, Barksdale FCU.

Astroll through the 1400 block of Yale Avenue in the Allendale neighborhood reveals the Jewish and Italian roots of one of Shreveport’s first suburbs. The area is full of history, like the Jewish cemetery and the row houses of days gone by. Today, the neighborhood is full of so much more.

“I went to school at J.S. Clark,” he said. “I had a dream one night of going to prison, but it being like school. When you dream of a place, you see it from above looking down on it. I saw a place with a fence around it with dorms. I didn’t know it was a prison in the dream.

Asteri is a digital content creator and largescale testing solution provider. Company President Marcus Morton said Asteri will expand its staff of 27 by at least five employees. The new jobs will come with an average salary of $58,200, plus benefits..

Doctors Andrew Larson, a local anesthesiologist, and his wife, Lindsey Pennington, a plastic surgeon, bought the former Arlington Hotel at auction. The centerpiece of their plans is the Every Man a King distillery. The Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission unanimously approved a Special Use permit for the property at its meeting April 3.