What to do with the Tennesssee Brewery? They shut down production of Goldcrest 51 Beer a long time ago. Built in 1890 this fortress is on Tennessee St. at Butler and is included in the CCC’s list of Top 10 Downtown buildings worth saving. If I were going to produce a horror film in Memphis, [...]
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A couple of big ones Perspective is everything and sometimes that perspective is looking up a skyscraper. Both the Sterick Building, 1927, 29 stories, 365 feet, and the Sears tower at 495 Watkins are imposing buildings that lend themselves to getting close and shooting upward.   Both are listed on the CCC’s list of top 10 [...]
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The Kress Building, at 9 N Main,  is described in Memphis-An Architectural Guide, by Eugene J Johnson and Robert D. Russell, Jr. as a “wild replay of Florentine Renaissance motifs in terra cotta “. Built in 1927, the building’s bright colors have cannot be missed as you exet Court Square onto Mainand look southwest. I [...]
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