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Community Neighborhoods

Corner Stores: A South Memphis love story

High Ground News June 3, 2020 No Comments Corner Store COVID-19 High Ground News South Memphis

Feature Image: Rufus Sykes cracks a smile as he holds the door open for a customer at the South Memphis Grocery on West Mallory Avenue.…

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Planning & Urbanism

The Neighborhood Corner Store

Mark Fleischer March 22, 2020 11 Comments Ask Vance Barksdale Street Bellevue Street Cooper Street Corner Store Devin Greaney Diana Street East Memphis Leadway Food Stores Memphis Magazine Memphis Room Monroe Avenue Otherlands Coffee Overton Square Piggly Wiggly Rembert Street Strong Towns Superlo Union Avenue Urbanism WeOna Young Avenue

By Mark Fleischer “The corner store has a mythic place in our view of American cities. Mythic because, in most cities, they exist only in…

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