Peace, Love, and Doodles
“Is that a sheep-a-doodle?” The question came from an older gentleman, kindness behind his eyes. In past seasons of life, had I been asked such…
Central Gardens’ History – Part II of A Neighborhood Association Born Out Of Activism
This month’s Central Gardens newsletter explores the 1975 turning-point decision that took the Central Gardens Neighborhood Association into the waning decades of the twentieth century.…
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Aaron James’ Memphis, A Family Perspective
This is the first in a series, chronicling Memphian Aaron James’ journey in tracing his Memphis family roots. The family I had spent the first…
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Central Gardens’ History – A Neighborhood Association Born Out Of Activism
This month the Central Gardens newsletter explores the creation of the neighborhood association, from the original motivations to its ultimate formation in 1967, and its…
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Wm C Ellis & Sons, Memphis, Tenn
This is the first in a series chronicling an important piece of Memphis history while it still lasts. Driving – or better yet, walking –…
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Memphis, My Blog Is Still Alive!
“I want StoryBoard to be a sanctuary. A respite from everything we see daily on the news and from the vitriol of FaceBook. However you…
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Central Gardens’ History – Celebrating Fifty Years as a Neighborhood Association
(A version of this appears in the Central Gardens January Newsletter ) 2017 marks the 50th anniversary of the Central Gardens Neighborhood Association. And for their…
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Welcome to StoryBoard Memphis
What Makes Memphis, Memphis? “StoryBoard uses collaborative storytelling to continually ask the central question: What Makes Memphis, Memphis? In re-examining Memphis’ glorious and painful pasts,…
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Memphis 3.0 Community Rallies
(in progress) The last week of November marked the first public steps in Memphis3.0, the initiative to develop Memphis’ first comprehensive city plan since 1981,…
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Preserving Memphis and Her Heritage
(in progress) There are institutions and then there are faces of institutions, and the face of Memphis Heritage is June West. In fact, one almost…
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The Battle For The Street
“Madison is one of the last, walkable streets of its kind that we have left.” That’s what June West of Memphis Heritage told me when…
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