Winners In The 2018 Neighborhood Preservation Summit and Awards
OCTOBER 19, 2018 — Neighborhood Preservation, Inc., is proud to report on the Memphis Neighborhood Preservation Summit 2018. At the Summit, community stakeholders interested in…
Read More Winners In The 2018 Neighborhood Preservation Summit and AwardsVolunteers Build A Neighborhood Garden
In the spring of 2014, as part of our work at Neighborhood Preservation, Inc., we began Carnes Garden on a vacant lot at 916 J.W.…
Read More Volunteers Build A Neighborhood GardenSkyline Reflections Old and New
Landmarks Lost and Revived Memphis has about the most arcane, varied city skylines anywhere. Composed of half a dozen true high-rise buildings and a few…
Read More Skyline Reflections Old and NewMidtown Alleys: Their Long, Functional, Hard-to-Research History
With Peter Pace and Aaron Klimek The alley. The term bring images to mind of darkness and shadows, the unknown between streets, lone figures walking…
Read More Midtown Alleys: Their Long, Functional, Hard-to-Research HistoryDateline: Memphis, August 1950
The war in Korea dominated this month in Memphis history as young Memphians were conscripted for duty in the Far East and the first reports…
Read More Dateline: Memphis, August 1950Tennessee’s practice of suspending licenses from those who owe court fees is found unconstitutional
Originally published July, 2018. Feature Image: A new ruling states that Tennessee can no longer revoke driver’s licenses from people who cannot afford court fees.…
Read More Tennessee’s practice of suspending licenses from those who owe court fees is found unconstitutionalDateline: Memphis, July 1979
Your correspondent explains the significant events of this month in Memphis history, including the story of a railroad worker’s Memphis moment, a very brief-ing on…
Read More Dateline: Memphis, July 1979People’s power: Memphis’ early history of race, resistance, and Black political power
Originally published June, 2018. Feature Image: The front of the Burkle estate and Slave Haven museum as seen from North Second Street. (Brandon Dahlberg) By…
Read More People’s power: Memphis’ early history of race, resistance, and Black political powerMud Island: A History Part I
Editor’s Note: Mud Island has seen its fair share of news lately, as Tennessee’s State Building Commission’s executive subcommittee approved the addition of Mud Island and…
Read More Mud Island: A History Part IWhy Anthony Bourdain (Still) Matters
In a word, Empathy. It’s been a week since the world heard the news that Anthony Bourdain – the culinary adventurer and storyteller of CNN’s…
Read More Why Anthony Bourdain (Still) Matters