- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: Shreveport/Bossier boomers - explain Texas Street
Posted on 5/20/20 at 6:18 pm to cubsfan5150
Posted on 5/20/20 at 6:18 pm to cubsfan5150
What was the name of the Storyvillie-esque area of Shreveport, c. pre-WWI? It's depicted in the movie Leadbelly.
1
Posted on 5/20/20 at 6:37 pm to Thecoz
Shreve Square was pretty much local and dead by 1990.
The Bossier Strip was much more well known.
Bossier Strip Wiki
The Bossier Strip was much more well known.
quote:
The Strip has been the home of bars and brothels almost since the incorporation of the city in 1907. From about 1930 through the late 1940s the Bossier Strip was as popular an entertainment destination as Las Vegas, having been around for many years prior to the establishment of Las Vegas as a gambling mecca.
Bossier Strip Wiki
Posted on 5/20/20 at 6:39 pm to Kafka
quote:The Bottoms or St. Paul Bottoms maybe?
What was the name of the Storyvillie-esque area of Shreveport, c. pre-WWI? It's depicted in the movie Leadbelly.
Posted on 5/20/20 at 6:44 pm to RougeDawg
The “it’ll do lounge” was my go-to back in the day. We frequented often during mid 90s. Miss them days....kinda
Posted on 5/20/20 at 7:05 pm to ElderTiger
On the Shreveport side you had:
TGI Fridays
The Sports Page
Inside Out Club
Moulon Rouge
Bossier Side you had:
The Stork Club
The Log Cabin
Sak's Whisk-A-Go-Go
The Pinstripe Lounge
The Hulabaloo
The Shindig *
The Black Knight
And Many More
*The maddest I have ever made a girl happened at the Shindig. I ask her to go for a ride in my Vet.
When she saw it was a Chevette, she got extremely mad. She just did not understand my humor?
TGI Fridays
The Sports Page
Inside Out Club
Moulon Rouge
Bossier Side you had:
The Stork Club
The Log Cabin
Sak's Whisk-A-Go-Go
The Pinstripe Lounge
The Hulabaloo
The Shindig *
The Black Knight
And Many More
*The maddest I have ever made a girl happened at the Shindig. I ask her to go for a ride in my Vet.
When she saw it was a Chevette, she got extremely mad. She just did not understand my humor?
Posted on 5/20/20 at 7:46 pm to cubsfan5150
I always heard about the strip from guys that had been in the Air Force. They weren't supposed to go in the bars on the strip, but that was the place to be in the 60's and early 70's. Sounds a lot like the way Fort Sill/Lawton, OK was when OU QB Charles Thompson lived there.
I lived in Vidalia in the 60's. The Concordia Parish Sheriff and his lead deputy both went to jail for running illegal gambling and prostitution houses back then. Ain't Louisiana wonderful.
I lived in Vidalia in the 60's. The Concordia Parish Sheriff and his lead deputy both went to jail for running illegal gambling and prostitution houses back then. Ain't Louisiana wonderful.
Posted on 5/20/20 at 7:55 pm to RegitUSL
Yeah Shreve square was it in the 70-80 for disco and young crowd.
The bossier strip is probably what your friend referenced..it was in decline by 70 and the strip joints left were toward where the trace track came in.... the clubs I went into on the strip on the 70s were pretty nasty and on par to the side Clubs a few blocks off bourbon...
Idk what killed it... friends parents would talk about and described it as op said...
Shreve square was for the city and young crowd......the strip was an entire different level and crowd .... it could and did have racing on it because straight and long... the square was a pedestrian area...
So as op said I think your friend is referencing the Bossier strip.
The bossier strip is probably what your friend referenced..it was in decline by 70 and the strip joints left were toward where the trace track came in.... the clubs I went into on the strip on the 70s were pretty nasty and on par to the side Clubs a few blocks off bourbon...
Idk what killed it... friends parents would talk about and described it as op said...
Shreve square was for the city and young crowd......the strip was an entire different level and crowd .... it could and did have racing on it because straight and long... the square was a pedestrian area...
So as op said I think your friend is referencing the Bossier strip.
Page 2 of 2
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News