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 [...]
by Joe Spake on November 2, 2009
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 [...]
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, [...]
