News and Views on efforts to protect our city’s architectural heritage and unique sense of Place
The Tennessee Historical Commission and the Zion Community Project are hosting a two-day workshop on cemetery preservation. Leading the workshop will be nationally recognized expert…
Read More Free Cemetery Preservation Workshop this Friday & Saturday
Also, solid advice for homeowners on alternatives to painting brick when that newer brick doesn’t quite match the older Updated in May, 2023, this article…
Read More Painted & Tainted: A primer on why painting exposed brick can damage your historic home
From the Memphis Room archives: A newspaper-clipping history of the “Queen of Memphis” Historic Sterick Building bought by local developer Midday Friday, March 31, the…
Read More To Live Again: A News-clipping History of the Sterick Building
This morning, Friday, March 24, Stephanie Wade of JS Real Estate announced the final approval of the Grigg’s Business College at 492 Vance and its…
Read More Breaking: It’s official, the Grigg’s Business College at 492 Vance added to the National Register
Coliseum Coalition asks Memphis City Council to form an ad-hoc committee to meet and review a detailed revitalization plan and to halt Mayor’s recent proposals…
Read More Coliseum: Community leaders rally support and call on city council to review revitalization plans
For the sake of soul and $52 million*, The Coliseum, and Memphis communities, deserve better StoryBoard Memphis was founded with the mission to support local…
Read More The Mid-South Coliseum, the “People’s Building,” must be given more fair grounds to work with
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Originally published in the print edition of StoryBoard Memphis in April, 2019 as part of our “Newman to Now” series; it has…
Read More The Coliseum, the People’s Building that has it all: It Says “Memphis”
There is nothing quite like the HBCU experience! Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) play a pivotal role in the lives of many African Americans.…
Read More Reviving a Lasting Legacy: the Grigg’s College Photo Contest
With Wednesday’s approval by Tennessee State Review Board, the applications now move on to the National Park Service for final review and listing on the…
Read More Grigg’s Business College building and the Ell Persons Lynching site move to final step toward historic National Register listings
Our friend Vincent Astor passed away Monday, January 16. We are republishing this article in his honor. This was originally published in November, 2020 MEMPHIS,…
Read More REFLECTIONS: The Orpheum Welcomes Back the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ