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Deeply saddened that this part of downtown has become a suburb. Was hoping when development did eventually hit that area that it would be urban/street fronts, not another tiny building like the McD on 6th, pushed away from the street, in the middle of the parking lot...in the middle of an area that could greatly benefit from urban developments. Hate that so much of the grid is being wasted. There is so much potential.

DYNE Hospitality Group is opening a new Tropical Smoothie Cafe on 322 Broadway St. on June 23, 2023 https://www.franchising.com/news/20230619_dyne_hospitality_group_opens_new_tropical_smoothie_cafe_in_little_rock_mark.html

KATV is moving out of their building on 4th & Main after 50 years. A special 1 hour show will be aired today 1/13 at 3PM on Channel 7.

Big Bad Breakfast is opening a second location in LR at 306 Main St., in the location once occupied by Soul Fish Cafe. https://arktimes.com/eat-arkansas/2022/12/15/big-bad-breakfast-opening-second-little-rock-location-downtown-in-former-soul-fish-space

Five apartment projects downtown have sold in a series of transactions totaling more than $18.7 million https://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/142375/5-little-rock-apartments-sell-for-187-million-real-deals

From their Facebook page, they are relocating, after 42 years. https://i.ibb.co/XsjHBWC/rip.jpg They're looking for a new location in the LR metro, along with talks for a new location in Branson, MO.

First Security Bank takes over the Bank of America building / plaza https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2022/may/04/first-security-bank-takes-over-downtown-little/?business&fbclid=IwAR3ZE_69yBa9hvZMfjVAou2xETwG6bO9Dj8G6WLPtMHyQV0NSuNOWX3RpmQ#.YnLqQpfDKLY.twitter

Can't help to imagine what this part of downtown looked like when all of those lots were street-front properties. Picture the density & true urban center feel.

The land that was razed by Stephens, Inc. on 2nd & Louisiana in 2019 was purchased by the City, to construct a 600 space parking deck on the east half of the block bounded by 2nd, 3rd, Louisiana and Center Streets. https://arktimes.com/arkansas-blog/2022/03/14/little-rock-plans-to-buy-land-razed-by-stephens-affiliate-for-600-space-parking-deck?utm_campaign=daily_update&utm_source=arktimes_email&utm_medium=email&vgo_ee=TCb2QORJe%2FJNKX9uKqL4pDpxdzkQNl9LgdxZ9pnzLRY%3D

Fully agreed. Living downtown since 2011, & learning how the grid looked in the mid / late 1900s, 2011, then an aerial of today's landscape , a sad tone plays in my head & I realize downtown Little Rock has been getting slowly erased away and I feel has hit a point of no return. Butler Center of CALS in the River Market will show you how everything looked over the years. I would obsess over new construction and when some of these surface lots had a possibility of being filled in, then the polar opposite when something was slated for demo, even it it's the last building on an entire square block. Vanessa Carlton sings it perfectly, they've paved what I feel was a paradise and turned it into what eventually will be just a giant parking lot & I keep forseeing this in the future... (Big Yellow Taxi) That crater from Spring to eStem is so nasty. When VCC (HA! Excellence in Construction (DESTRUCTION) & law office / annexes were removed across from Stephens, it really irked a nerve, adding to what's already a big gaping hole near the middle of the CBD. The sadness I feel may really anger and rage masquerading as sadness. I now agree with the fellow bchris12 or whatshisname that was crapting on LR on either here or City Data maybe 10 years ago for being so backward and podunk. He was right. My hopes won't completely fade, but there;s just something about watching the area around you fizzle away. I can only imagine the sentiment of those much older that have lived down here since the 60s or 70s watching buildings get deleted as if someone was playing Sim City & wanted to start over.

The Regions building on Capitol & Broadway is being sold due to several bankruptcies from lease holders within the building. https://www.thv11.com/article/money/business/regions-center-downtown-little-rock-up-for-sale/91-7b5c2bf6-951f-48d8-b9eb-b3b5f5c0b8a4

They're gone. Newest future addition to the nasty parking crater in that area

The Revolution Restaurant on Cumberland & President Clinton will be closing its doors next month. No reason was given for the upcoming closure. The adjacent music hall will remain open, however. http://m.arkansasonline.com/news/2018/apr/19/revolution-restaurant-little-rocks-river-market-cl/

Agree! I am looking forward to the day when all or most of the empty street fronts are filled, surface lots built upon, and being able to walk down any street downtown and see vibrancy, like a real city! I hate hearing randomly at least once a month "this town is dead" and "where are all the people" when I am downtown.

Anyone know what is being constructed on the 300 block of Main where Mr Cool was?

This building was demolished a couple days ago. I don't know what this was but it's gone now :/ Hopefully something new is built here or we'll have another empty surface parking lot My android camera is broken so I can't take a picture of the demo site.