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Brief History of Riverside Drive in Historic Photos

Mark Fleischer March 17, 2019 1 Comment Don Newman Collection E.H. Boss Crump Memphis City Beautiful Commission Riverfront Redevelopment Riverside Drive Tom Lee Park Works Progress Administration WPA

Before Tom Lee Park, Riverside Drive evolved from an unstable bank along the bluff in the 1930s to a scenic drive – “a fresh beautiful…

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