Radio Days
By Robert Lanier, While young people today may not know that an old-time radio was once like a piece of furniture in virtually every household,…
I. The Preservation Era Arrives, Finally, In Memphis
Memphis Historic Preservation Part I: The Slums & White Flight By Mark Fleischer “We’re late. There’s not much left to save. There has been a…
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Six Degrees of Frayser
NEIGHBORHOOD STORIES By Kelly King Howe It’s just another Friday night. The football game is over, and the real fun has just begun. Frayser Boulevard…
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Swooning Over Squeaky Floors
NEIGHBORHOOD STORIES By Candace Echols It was the smell of root beer brewing in the basement. Or at least that’s what they told her. …
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Yes Folks, Fall Is Coming
NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD By Candace Echols Soon, very soon, a morning is going to come and it will bring with it something delightful. We will all…
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Intersections
NEIGHBORHOOD STORIES By Mark Scott Whenever I hear Chris Daughtry’s song “Home” it brings up conflicted emotions within me. Emotions of place. Both lost and…
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Writing Like a Camera
UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH By Donal Harris During the Spring 2019 semester at the University of Memphis, I led the course “Writing Like…
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Boxtown: The Land of Broken Promises
FORGOTTEN NEIGHBORHOODS By Aubrey Ford, Phoebe Weinman & Walker Weinman Mrs. Alma Adams, 76, was still going without indoor plumbing. She had to walk through…
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The Heartbeat of a Neighborhood
A Fixture of Poplar Ridge Farms NEIGHBORHOOD STORIES By Ken Billett Paul Drake watched our neighborhood like a hawk. Either from his living room window…
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This Is Our Last Print Issue … In Kroger*
By Mark Fleischer Dear readers, This is our last print issue… in Kroger stores that is. More on that later. Meanwhile, I am happy to…
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What do we mean when we talk about “Walkability?”
By Dane Forlines If your spell checker is like mine, “walkability” will usually be underscored with a squiggly red line. You won’t find it in…
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