This Thursday, August 24, residents and community leaders of the Cooper-Young neighborhood will convene to cast their votes for or against an application for inclusion…
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Author: Mark Fleischer
I was a career consultant and communications specialist in the payroll industry until moving from southern California to Memphis in late 2015. The Bluff City gave me a new start in the second half of my career, gifting me with a chance to return to my childhood fascinations with cities and my college passions in writing, theater, film, and storytelling, all the while allowing me to use my experience working with people, in consulting, teaching and communications, to bring a new voice to Memphis. This may be my first venture into multi-media publishing, but Life and Place - Memphis - gave me all the prep and tools I need.
Central Gardens – An Iconic Corner Tests Neighborhood Guidelines
Next month’s 41st Annual Home & Garden Tour starts out from the historic Beethoven Club, at the northwest corner of Peabody and McLean, and for…
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1726 Madison Ave, Memphis – An Unexpected Entertainment Connection
History can surprise us. And Memphis is one of those places whose history can reveal connections that are downright head-shaking. Every dive into Memphis history…
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Landmarking, Preserving, and Conserving Neighborhoods
This month, in honor of the upcoming Home and Garden Tour September 10, Central Gardens is exploring the dual efforts in the 1980s and 90s…
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Welcome to the Town of Lenox
This photo-history essay is part of an ongoing series exploring some of Memphis’ most important streets and avenues. Madison Avenue, the zero starting point of…
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A Storm For Memphis’ Memorial Day Weekend
Two weeks ago Memphis was waking up to a disaster. The morning light – the only light many of us had – revealed the full…
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Central Gardens’ History – Innovation Secures the Neighborhood’s Renaissance
This month’s Central Gardens newsletter explores the important role private security services played in the late 1970s that allowed the neighborhood to continue to flourish…
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April 4, 1968
StoryBoard Memphis is a place for Memphis to tell its stories. And it’s hard to find a more important Memphis story than that of the…
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What Memphis Loses With Gannett’s Commercial Appeal Layoffs
The layoffs this week of about 30 percent of The Commercial Appeal’s newsroom by its corporate parent Gannett Co., Inc. are a blow to the…
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Part II – Wm C ELLIS & SONS, Memphis, Tenn
This is the second photo essay in a series chronicling an important piece of Memphis history. Crossing Peabody, past a vast and soulless parking lot,…
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