Your correspondent returns after witnessing a healthy community resistance A lot has happened since last I shared my thoughts with you. Insurrectionists and white supremacists…
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‘It’s Too Late to Tinker’ With Expressway Route
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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Ice Storm Memories, Revisited
By Ken Billett Bouncing off the snow, the glare is almost blinding. Today is the first blue sky we’ve seen in four days. Every neighbor’s…
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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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Destination Eats: Madison Heights is Memphis magic
By Cole Bradley, for High Ground News High Ground’s signature “On the Ground” series embeds our team of journalists and photojournalists in a Memphis neighborhood…
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Tributes: Tommy Pacello
Editor’s Note: My thoughts echo what Tom Jones so eloquently says here, that some deaths make the world stop. Like many in Memphis, I knew…
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Thru Nov. 30, Overton Park Conservancy seeks public input with park’s east side “Zone 1” planning effort
This month, the Overton Park Conservancy (OPC) is asking for public input as the group continues the comprehensive planning effort that began in 2018. “It’s…
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De-Listed = De-Struction: Investment in the Pinch Must Utilize What’s Left of Its Past
Just one more demolition threatens the entire district – and the investments of developers eligible for tax credits waiting to improve or stabilize their properties.…
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