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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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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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A couple of big ones Perspective is everything and sometimes that perspective is looking up a skyscraper. Both the Sterick Building, 1927, 29 stories, 365 feet, and the Sears tower at 495 Watkins are imposing buildings that lend themselves to getting close and shooting upward. Both are listed on the CCC’s list of top 10 [...]
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The Kress Building, at 9 N Main, is described in Memphis-An Architectural Guide, by Eugene J Johnson and Robert D. Russell, Jr. as a “wild replay of Florentine Renaissance motifs in terra cotta “. Built in 1927, the building’s bright colors have cannot be missed as you exet Court Square onto Mainand look southwest. I [...]
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Last week, the Center City Commission released its top 10 list of Downtown Memphis buildings – unused, vacant and ripe for redevelopment. I have, in the past or in the last week, photographed these buildings, and there are some I would definitely leave off my top 10 list. Here’s the list from the CCC: Sterick [...]
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