In the year of its 50th anniversary, a look back at the headlines, development and lingering aftermath of the epic, 1971 Citizens to Preserve Overton…
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Your Memphis Memories: ‘It’s Too Late To Tinker’ With Expressway Route
Feature image from the Memphis Press-Scimitar editorial page on March 7, 1968, three years before the Supreme Court decision (Memphis Public Library) The focal point…
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A Park for the People
Brooks Lamb tells the history of Overton Park through the eyes of Memphians Originally published by Chapter16 February 21, 2019 By Aram Goudsouzian, for Chapter16.org…
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Reimagining the Highland Heights United Methodist Church: The Heights CDC now accepting design proposals
Design proposals due by Friday, February 26, 2020 Standing at the northwest corner of Summer & Highland is the former Highland Heights United Methodist Church…
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Arrow Creative Announces New Permanent Location
New location off Central Ave in Midtown promises to create a ‘Creative Central’ in the heart of the city Arrow Creative, a non-profit organization dedicated…
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SB 30 Episode 63: Discussing Memphis’ vital, and struggling, live music scene. Part I
“These venues provide a laboratory for growth. I’ve played some big gigs and a small gigs, but honestly some of the most substantial exponential growth…
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The story of the windows: Call for artists to depict the Clayborn’s 1968 story in stained glass
The Clayborn Temple is set to interview artists to depict historic 1968 Sanitation Strike in the temple’s stained glass – Info session Feb. 8, sketches…
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Holding onto something while the world quakes
The Yellow Chair ChronEchols By Candace Echols My sister lives in Italy. She called the other day and we were talking about a lot of…
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The Bard of Memphis
Corey Mesler’s hippie poet returns in The Adventures of Camel Jeremy Eros By David Bersell, for Chapter16.org Corey Mesler’s The Adventures of Camel Jeremy Eros follows its titular…
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The Sacred and the Vulnerable in the Clayborn Temple
Clayborn Reborn From the Archives: Originally published in May, 2019 By Margot Payne Sometimes it takes decay, or the near total loss of a tangible…
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