At the intersections of Cleveland Street, Central Avenue and Lamar Avenue, just outside of the Central Garden’s official western border, resides the University Club –…
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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.
If You’re Out, Look Up: Midtown Arboretums, Canopies of Trees Return
Deciduous Distancing need not apply as the weather warms up This spring, we are all hopefully doing our best to practice Safer at Home and…
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The Neighborhood Corner Store
By Mark Fleischer “The corner store has a mythic place in our view of American cities. Mythic because, in most cities, they exist only in…
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NPI Team gets first look at venue for the 2020 Summit: abandoned Northside High School
NPI CONNECTIONS By Mark Fleischer “It’s like they just walked out. Like the rapture came and they just left.” Beth Flanagan, a NPI consultant and…
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Central Gardens’ Historic Inventory to be Updated for a New Decade
A long-overdue update to the National Historic Register for the Central Gardens Historic District to begin in 2020 HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION By Mark Fleischer “I…
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A 2019 Thank-You from StoryBoard
STORIES. IDEAS. CONNECTIONS. COMMUNITY “The fate of communities and the vitality of local news are intrinsically linked,” and yet “there are hundreds – if not…
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“The MAP” is here. Here’s How It Came Together
INSPIRATIONS By Mark Fleischer “Maps are kinda our thing.” I found myself saying this last week, talking about how StoryBoard came into being, where we…
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Mary Burns – Midtowner, Dreamer, Owner of Java Cabana
TRIBUTES Mary Ann “Penny” Burns | June 18, 1970 – October 4, 2019 By Mark Fleischer Mary Burns seemed like someone still trying to figure…
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I. The Preservation Era Arrives, Finally, In Memphis
Memphis Historic Preservation Part I: The Slums & White Flight By Mark Fleischer “We’re late. There’s not much left to save. There has been a…
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This Is Our Last Print Issue … In Kroger*
By Mark Fleischer Dear readers, This is our last print issue… in Kroger stores that is. More on that later. Meanwhile, I am happy to…
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