Nov
23
Arkansas Democrat Gazette
by Mick Normington
Construction workers began this week renovating Taborian Hall, which once was the center of Little Rock’s thriving black business and entertainment district, to transform the building into a flag manufacturing plant.
In March, Taborian hall will become the new headquarters and manufacturing center of Arkansas Flag and Banner. “I considered moving into a warehouse building but I couldn’t get away from the idea of having an old building with exposed brick,” company President Kerry Thompson-McCoy said Friday.
came a popular stop on the circuit for top black entertainers. Among the many entertainers who played Taborian hall where Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Cab Calloway and Louie Armstrong.The three-story brick building has a damaged roof and about 21,000 square feet of space inside.