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Clayborn Temple

by Joe Spake on November 4, 2009

Inactive and boarded for years, the Historic Clayborn Temple  (originally Second Presbyterian Church) is still magnificent at  48o Hernando, at Linden.  It was here that Dr. Martin Luther King gave his “I Have Been the the Mountaintop” sermon. The building seems to be threatened by development to the south; FedEx Forum is just across Linden [...]

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First a point some points of clarification:  This blog was spawned as a photo blog, and, henceforth, will be, with a minimum of commentary.  My verbiage in this series was based on a report on Channel 3 whose source, The Center City Commission, describes the buildings as “the Center City Commission’s list of ten downtown [...]

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Buildings worth saving? (Part 5)

by Joe Spake on November 1, 2009

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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