Profile #2 in StoryBoard’s look at progress in historic preservation over the last decade HISTORIC PRESERVATION By Charlie Lambert Usually referred to as the Nineteenth…
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Tag: Memphis Heritage
Off the Endangered List: A Decade of Progress in Historic Preservation
As we close out 2019, we take a look back at the historic structures that have been saved and repurposed since the dire days, post-2008…
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Dulaney’s Districts: LeMoyne College Historic District
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…
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Skyline 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…
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East Memphis Subdivisions – The Village
Like most other cities around the country, the 1920s were boom years for Memphis. Not only were major structures being erected vertically downtown, such as…
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Getting Central Gardens on the National Register “This Gracious Neighborhood”
As a follow-up to both the Neighborhood Improvement Plan and the establishment of the Memphis Landmarks Commission in 1975, the city embarked on a survey…
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