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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A Vision for the Nylon Net Building, #7 Vance
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:…
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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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Lamar Avenue Rezoning, Neighborhood Revitalization
Planning leaders discuss the rezoning of this auto-centric corridor and new approaches to improving livability along major commercial thoroughfares like Lamar, including Summer and Union…
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SB 30 Episode 56: The fate of the Highland Heights United Methodist Church
Our conversation with Dane Forlines and Fred Morton Feature photo courtesy of Brantley Ellzey “Private wealth and public poverty . . . the notion is…
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SB 30 Episode 54: The future, and presence, of cities, with urbanist Carol Coletta
“Livability has never been more important . . . at the very moment when city revenues are in decline and city leaders are challenged by…
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Union Avenue Anthology. Part I, The Plan of Memphis: 1783-1827
A History of Memphis’ Most Maligned Street “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” William Faulkner’s famous line, from his 1951 novel Requiem…
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Union Avenue Anthology. Introduction: Whatever Happened to Union Avenue?
A History of Memphis’ Most Maligned Street INTRODUCTION Union Avenue. The very name strikes shudders and grumblings among drivers, pedestrians and business owners alike. Today’s…
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SB 30 Episode 52: Developments, new construction during the pandemic, with ArchInc’s Chooch Pickard
“The first obvious one that will be effected for quite some time is office space. Employers and employees are realizing a lot of work can…
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