This clipping from 1975 just makes me MAD! It is the epitome of the lyrics, “They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.”
The Paramount Theater is Torn Down
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This clipping from 1975 just makes me MAD! It is the epitome of the lyrics, “They paved paradise, and put up a parking lot.”
Ouachita Parish History Tidbits 
Yes, understand. The train station has been demolished. Two Monroe landmarks, for sure. Wonder which city official genius thought of that?
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I have always been told it was Jack Howard’s idea to “revitalize” downtown by adding more parking. Then the Twin City Mall came and put the final nail in the coffin.
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To me, the train station was iconic. I met my dad there when he came home from WWII. I left from there when I went overseas in 1963.
The Paramount was a place we all went for the Saturday picture shows and serials.
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