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…
Read More 1726 Madison Ave, Memphis – An Unexpected Entertainment ConnectionLandmarking, 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…
Read More Landmarking, Preserving, and Conserving NeighborhoodsWelcome 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…
Read More Welcome to the Town of LenoxA 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…
Read More A Storm For Memphis’ Memorial Day WeekendNew 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,…
Read More New Waring Sewer System Salvages The FutureCentral 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…
Read More Central Gardens’ History – Innovation Secures the Neighborhood’s RenaissanceApril 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…
Read More April 4, 1968What Memphis Loses With Gannett’s Commercial Appeal Layoffs
The layoffs this week of about 30 percent of The Commercial Appeal’s newsroom by its corporate parent Gannett Co., Inc. are a blow to the…
Read More What Memphis Loses With Gannett’s Commercial Appeal LayoffsPart II – Wm C ELLIS & SONS, Memphis, Tenn
This is the second photo essay in a series chronicling an important piece of Memphis history. Crossing Peabody, past a vast and soulless parking lot,…
Read More Part II – Wm C ELLIS & SONS, Memphis, TennCentral 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.…
Read More Central Gardens’ History – Part II of A Neighborhood Association Born Out Of Activism