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Six Degrees of Frayser

Kelly King Howe September 26, 2019 1 Comment Big Daddy's Frayser Frayser High School Grant's Neighborhood Memories

NEIGHBORHOOD STORIES By Kelly King Howe It’s just another Friday night. The football game is over, and the real fun has just begun. Frayser Boulevard…

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Swooning Over Squeaky Floors

Candace Echols September 26, 2019 No Comments Central Gardens Floors Midtown Neighborhood Memories Root Beer

NEIGHBORHOOD STORIES By Candace Echols It was the smell of root beer brewing in the basement. Or at least that’s what they told her. …

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Intersections

Mark Scott September 25, 2019 No Comments Barksdale Street Central Avenue Christmas Daughtry Midtown Neighborhood Memories Neighborhoods

NEIGHBORHOOD STORIES By Mark Scott Whenever I hear Chris Daughtry’s song “Home” it brings up conflicted emotions within me. Emotions of place. Both lost and…

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The Heartbeat of a Neighborhood

Ken Billett September 15, 2019 No Comments Germantown Memphis city limits Neighborhood Memories Paul Drake Shelby County Tributes

A Fixture of Poplar Ridge Farms NEIGHBORHOOD STORIES By Ken Billett Paul Drake watched our neighborhood like a hawk. Either from his living room window…

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Soaring Past Dogwood Drive

Ron Buck July 27, 2019 No Comments 1960s Ask Vance Audubon Park Brooks Museum Buntyn East Buntyn East Memphis Highland Memphis Memphis State Neighborhood Memories Park Ave.Pink Palace Southern Ave.University of Memphis

By Ron Buck Stuart slipped into the mineral room and switched on the black light’s ultraviolet rays. The jagged, translucent, crystalline forms in the display instantly glowed…

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