News and Views on efforts to protect our city’s architectural heritage and unique sense of Place
Region’s Best Architectural Event Back Live After COVID Pause The Central Gardens Association is thrilled to welcome neighbors and friends from around the region back…
Read More Back Live: Central Gardens 46th Annual Home and Garden Tour Returns Sunday, September 11
Two short blocks west of Florida Street, just south of the railroad underpass near Loflin Yard, drivers may turn west on Virginia Ave West and…
Read More Love For City. Art and Preservation done right: The Medicine Factory
Also, solid advice for homeowners on alternatives to painting brick when that newer brick doesn’t quite match the older Updated in February, 2022, this article…
Read More Painted & Tainted: A primer on why painting exposed brick is usually a Big No-No
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…
Read More ‘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…
Read More Your Memphis Memories: ‘It’s Too Late To Tinker’ With Expressway Route
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…
Read More The Sacred and the Vulnerable in the Clayborn Temple
Free Limited Capacity Homecoming Event on November 19 MEMPHIS, TN – After over a year of undergoing a complete restoration by JL Weiler Inc. in…
Read More The Orpheum Welcomes Back the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ
UPDATED 11/10: With a demolition permit now filed, StoryBoard joins the building’s former owner to discuss the building and imagines possible re-uses for it UPDATED:…
Read More A Vision for the Nylon Net Building, #7 Vance
Just one more demolition threatens the entire district – and the investments of developers eligible for tax credits waiting to improve or stabilize their properties.…
Read More De-Listed = De-Struction: Investment in the Pinch Must Utilize What’s Left of Its Past
Feature image: A Craftsman Bungalow-style home with ornate spiral pillars in Vollintine-Evergreen. VECA is seeking a landmarks designation for the V&E area to preserve its…
Read More Vollintine-Evergreen seeks landmark designation to preserve its unique history and aesthetic