Love is in the air in Baton Rouge.
Davis Rhorer, executive director of the Downtown Development District, said residents are invited to the Town Square downtown tonight to celebrate Valentine’s Day.
Love songs will play throughout the night thanks to Downtown Development’s sound system in the Town Square, located on North Blvd. between Fifth Street and River Road.
“Music will be playing, and the fountains will be going,” he said. “It’s going to be a great night.”
Rhorer said residents sent photos of their significant others, family members and good friends to be shown on the video screen of the media beacon in the square. The photos will be displayed from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. to 11 p.m.
He compared the festivities and environment to a pared down version of New York City’s Times Square.
Rhorer said this is the first time Downtown Development has put on an event like this, but he’s seen a positive response from residents so far.
He said he expects “hundreds and hundreds” of romantics to visit the square tonight.
“We encourage people to come down and take a look,” he said.
 
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