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The Memphis (or Tri-State, or Mid-South) Fairgrounds was established before the Civil War and was home to many regional fairs, most notably, the Mid-South Fair which moved to Tunica, MS in 2008. The fairgrounds, with it’s large and small exhibition buildings, livestock barns, the Liberty Bowl Stadium, the Mid-South Coliseum, and the last vestiges of [...]
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In these days of openness and transparency, Web 2.0, and social media, it’s fun to stop ever once in a while and have a look at folks who are still doing business the old fashioned way. Renee Porsia pokes fun at some Realtors with her post Do You Need a Trophy Case For Your Meaningless [...]
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Shared iPad v. A Rock.
Published The Memphis Ice Storm of 1994.
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There are only 6 different chess pieces -King, Queen, Rook, Bishop, Knight, and Pawn, each with a specific function. A person of normal intelligence, even a very young person, can learn the mechanics and rules of the game in less than an hour. But play me in chess, even if you are a kindergartner, and you will probably beat me because I never learned much more about chess than the basic fundamentals. To call myself a chess expert or chess master would be ludicrous.
And so it is with Social Media. Having fundamental knowledge of a platform like Facebook or Twitter empowers the user to self-define as a guru. Every day I run across new Social Media experts, gurus, visionaries, thought leaders, and rock stars, with a webinars, seminars or e-book to sell me. Problem is, it’s a little harder to put these folks to the test than sitting down for a game of chess.
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I love my clients. I really enjoy sharing the home buying process with them, and it brings great joy when I can help them find and purchase the perfect home. Thanks to Rochelle and Dave for inviting us to their Midtown house warming party, and thanks for this nice testimonial.
If you are considering buying a [...]
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The Marketplace of the Mid-South
I was looking up something about Memphis when I ran across a link to http://lostmemphis.com in a Wikipedia article. The link takes you to a page of http://mallofmemphis.org, a tribute to Memphis’s flagship shopping mall. The site is a captivating historical piece presenting a thorough story of the mall from its beginnings to its ultimate demise and demolition. So I was stuck there for quite a while looking at pictures and reading about the mall in a format that could very well be the website of a fully operational mall.
Lost Memphis
I was really looking for the Lost Memphis section, but the icy weather lent itself to staying indoors and finding interesting stuff on the Internet the Lost Memphis section is wiki driven. Just a few of the topics are:
- Baptist Hospital
- Chisca Hotel
- Claridge Hotel
- Cybill Shepherd Childhood Home
- EH Crump Stadium
- Ellis Auditorium
- Goodwyn Institute Building
- Happy Hal’s Fun House
- Hotel King Cotton
- Kress Building
- Malibu Grand Prix
- MagicLand
- Giant Memphis Shoe
- Mud Island
- Russwood Park
- Sterick Building
- Sears Crosstown
- LibertyLand
- The Zippin Pippin
- Tennessee Brewery
- Union Station
- Mud Island PT Boat
- Main Street Mall
- MerryMobile
- Number 1 Beale
- Maywood
- Adventure River
- Enchanted Forest
(and many, many more)
Whether you are new to Memphis, or an Old-timer like me, you will definitely find something interesting here.
If you are interested in purchasing your piece of Memphis’ history, I am real estate broker specializing in historic an in-town properties. I would be happy to assist you.
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Seeing the ice on the trees this morning reminds me of a morning in 1994, waking up to a series of muffled crackles and crunchs, not quite realizing at the time that the sounds were large tree limbs splitting and falling. I don’t remember that is was very cold that morning, 30-31 degrees being optimal for ice storm conditions.
I was a network engineer at BellSouth at the time, and I got the call to come on into work, and plan on staying over if things got really bad, so I put a sleeping bag in the car, and picked my through the debris from East Memphis to my Midtown office. Actually, the majority of trees had not fallen at that time; they continued to fall throughout the day as I attempted to ride the streets of my area of responsibility (Midtown and Downtown), not to attempt to restore telephone service, but to report hazardous conditions. And the trees kept falling. A huge one just missed me as I was talking to some folks on Snowden, near Rhodes. We had to run to get out of the way. By noon, it was sunny and rather warm (above freezing) but the ice load was still working on the trees, power lines and telephone cables. Most of the ice had melted by the end of the day. By the time it was all over, the city looked like it had been bombed. Many were without utilities for weeks. Midtown was especially hard hit. The clean up seemed to go on forever.
I wasn’t doing too many photos back then, and I didn’t photograph anything during that day or the following day. One memory that stands out is getting back home (very little damage to my trees) after the ice was gone and finding pine needles standing in my yard in little holes. Encrusted with ice they had fallen, driving themselves into the soft ground. As devastating as Hurricane Elvis was in 2004, the ice storm was much more eerie, and I will never forget the slow, crackles of the limbs breaking away and falling.
Were you in Memphis in 1994? What are your memories of the Ice Storm?
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West elevation of Sterick Building, Downtown Memphis Tennessee. Photo taken from roof of Goodwyn Building, Madison Ave & Second St.
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Last Week (January 20, 2010) FHA announced policy changes that will impact home buyers beginning in April, 2010, raising costs associated with FHA loans.
So, If you are in the market for a home now, and you are planning on using FHA financing, you can save yourself some money by closing before April. Talk with your [...]
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