District Should Vote For Protection
Guest Editorial by Mark Fleischer, Guest Columnist Thursday evening, the Cooper-Young Community Association will conduct a neighborhood vote on its application to create a new…
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Why Cooper-Young Needs to Landmark – And Now
This Thursday, August 24, residents and community leaders of the Cooper-Young neighborhood will convene to cast their votes for or against an application for inclusion…
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Central Gardens – An Iconic Corner Tests Neighborhood Guidelines
Next month’s 41st Annual Home & Garden Tour starts out from the historic Beethoven Club, at the northwest corner of Peabody and McLean, and for…
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1726 Madison Ave, Memphis – An Unexpected Entertainment Connection
History can surprise us. And Memphis is one of those places whose history can reveal connections that are downright head-shaking. Every dive into Memphis history…
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Landmarking, Preserving, and Conserving Neighborhoods
This month, in honor of the upcoming Home and Garden Tour September 10, Central Gardens is exploring the dual efforts in the 1980s and 90s…
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Welcome to the Town of Lenox
This photo-history essay is part of an ongoing series exploring some of Memphis’ most important streets and avenues. Madison Avenue, the zero starting point of…
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A Storm For Memphis’ Memorial Day Weekend
Two weeks ago Memphis was waking up to a disaster. The morning light – the only light many of us had – revealed the full…
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New Waring Sewer System Salvages The Future
By Aaron Klimek, with Mark Fleischer (a version of this story appears in May’s Central Gardens eNews) This month’s newsletter references the Standard History of Memphis,…
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Central Gardens’ History – Innovation Secures the Neighborhood’s Renaissance
This month’s Central Gardens newsletter explores the important role private security services played in the late 1970s that allowed the neighborhood to continue to flourish…
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April 4, 1968
StoryBoard Memphis is a place for Memphis to tell its stories. And it’s hard to find a more important Memphis story than that of the…
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