by Joe Spake on February 27, 2011
You can tell it’s Sweeps Weeks when the local TV stations run stories with titles like School Sex Dens. But Channel 5′s story does bring to light the dozens of abandoned Memphis City Schools around the city. The next day after seeing the story, I happened to be on St. Paul Street, near Downtown, where [...]
by Joe Spake on December 6, 2009
Marchetti’s Weona , originally uploaded by joespake. Neighborhood groceries ruled with I was young. My family got most groceries from Marchetti’s, which occupied this building at Lauderdale and Dempster in South Memphis. We knew the proprietors and their extended family. Most of the family lived upstairs. Neighborhood stores were franchised under the Weona brand. [note:Â [...]