Great Depression Archives - StoryBoard Memphis

Featured Story History Wayne Dowdy's Dateline Memphis

Dateline: Memphis November 1931 – January 1932

This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue I of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in November 2021, page 13. ____________________ By G. Wayne Dowdy Your correspondent reports…

Historic Preservation History

I. The Preservation Era Arrives, Finally, In Memphis

Mark Fleischer October 3, 2019 No Comments Blight Federal Highway Funds Great Depression Historic Preservation Interstate Highway Act of 1956 Memphis Fights Blight Memphis Housing Authority Memphis Steam Laundry National Historic Preservation Act Preservation Progressive Era Slum Clearance Suburbs The Housing Act of 1954 Union Station Urban Renewal Vieux Carre Commission White Flight

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…