by Joe Spake on October 2, 2010
View Washington Bottoms in a larger map After many news stories, blog posts and neighborhood protests, Mayor Wharton, on Thursday, announced that demolition of the abandoned apartment buildings and houses in the Washington Bottoms area would proceed with haste. Briefly, this large piece of Midtown property, roughly bounded by Poplar on the north, Cleveland on [...]
by Joe Spake on July 10, 2010
The track hoes, bulldozers, and dump trucks have been quietly and efficiently doing their work in leveling demolishing destroying developing the Fairgrounds property. This shot is from what used to be the north parking lot of the Mid-South Coliseum, looking north. Missing (with the exception of 2 of the old buildings) are all the buildings, [...]
by Joe Spake on April 3, 2010
It’s official, according to the Memphis Flyer. Roller Derby has a home in Midtown. The venue will look a little different as Memphis Roller Derby returns to the Fairgrounds in the Pipkin Building (which, in a few more weeks, may be the last building standing at the Fairgrounds) on April 10, with a double-header Two [...]