What you are looking at is the 300 block of DeSiard Street being paved. This was a big deal when it was finished in late 1923! You can see the men are working around the trolley tracks! The area looks quite a bit different now. You will notice first off the big white building that Griffin Studio is in. That was the old Masonic Temple which stood at the site. The lower floor had business space.
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 
I love these old photos of buildings with description. This was once a bank building, too, I believe. And in the 70s, wasn’t Griffin Photography over on South Grand?
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No, you are thinking of Howard Griffin. Griffin’s Studio was at 307 North 2nd, in the building next to the Mission Church downtown.
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