Midtown Memphis

If you have lived in Memphis for a while you have some special memories of things that happened inside the Mid-South Coliseum.  I always thought the building looked more like a spacecraft than a multi-purpose arena – and it still does look it could launch at any moment. The building opened in 1963.  The first [...]

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Demolition has begun at the Fairgrounds

by Joe Spake on November 25, 2009

The backhoes and trackhoes are working away in LibertyLand, digging out out the theme park and the history that went before it.  On the east side, excavation is happening with the old log flume ride in the background.  The signature Revolution ride was sold and dismantled a few years ago. The Zippin’ Pippin has looked [...]

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Robert Johnson urban art

by Joe Spake on November 5, 2009

This stencil showed up on the newly boarded up Peter Pan’s Pantry – Belvedere and Poplar, Midtown Memphis.

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