Dulaney’s Districts Putting neighborhoods on the National Register is an exhaustive, dedicated process. In this special series, the keeper of the Memphis Heritage Historic Properties…
Read More Dulaney’s Districts: LeMoyne College Historic District
Tag: Historic Preservation
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…
Read More I. The Preservation Era Arrives, Finally, In Memphis
A Preview of The Central Gardens Home Tour, the Annual Revival & Walk Thru of Midtown History
NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD By Mark Fleischer In mid-1970s Memphis, after two decades of white flight when the physical center of Memphis felt closer to Poplar and…
Read More A Preview of The Central Gardens Home Tour, the Annual Revival & Walk Thru of Midtown History
The Universal Life Insurance Building: Designing a Better Memphis
“I can only surmise that the founders of Universal Life wanted to make a statement.” Juan Self, Self + Tucker Architects By Margot Payne “To…
Read More The Universal Life Insurance Building: Designing a Better Memphis