When I open the paper each morning, I read about the crime and unsightly 'blight' of Memphis, but when I leave my house with my camera, I see a different Memphis.
Breaking it down by areas, I'll start with Downtown.
The Downtown Elementary School:
The Hernando Desoto Bridge:
Main Street Trolley:
The old Tennessee Brewery:
The Civil Rights Museum:
The Arcade Restaurant:
The St. Jude Children's Hospital Dome:
And now a look at Midtown.
The "Summer" statue in front of the Brooks Museum of Art:
Joe's Sputnik (who would NOT love this sign??):
Overton Park in morning mist:
The Zoo:
The arched walkway at Christian Brothers University:
The Crosstown Sears Building:
Now on to Orange Mound... did you know that Orange Mound was the first African-American neighborhood in the United States to be built by African-Americans? I think that is a piece of history to be proud of!
Glenview Park:
Maxine's Beauty Salon:
The old Lamar Theatre:
Hawk's Bar & Grill:
Exquisite Hair Care:
Uptown and north Memphis.
First Baptist Church Chelsea:
Soul Food Specials:
East Memphis
Summer Ave. Antiques:
Bar-B-Q Baby!
The Botanic Gardens:
Getting into South Memphis.
The Road to Soulsville!
Pointing to Stax:
Stax Museum Marquee:
And oh yes, I could go on and on. I love this city!
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11 comments:
these pics are absoultely beautiful. thanks so much for posting!!!! will definitely link here from my blog...
Thanks so much, fearless! :) I much appreciate spreading the Memphis love!
Quite awesome; thanks to vk for linking this, now I can, too...
Beautiful pictures. I have not taken my camera out for a serious run in Memphis yet but your blog is giving me all sorts of ideas.
Neat!
Thanks, everyone!
And alistair, I am glad to hear that, please do drop back by and share a link to photos when you are done.
I've only been to Memphis a few times and it is a colorful, artistic, attractive city that is full of energy and has no end to the nightlife.
A historic community that is basically the face of Tennessee. Nice to see you're proud of it, you should be.
Regards.
these are just divine. they show what a beautiful city we live in.
Frayser is under rated, too. In January, we moved into a beautiful stone cottage here in Frayser, built downtown in 1920, and relocated to Frayser sometime long, long ago.
The early blossoms of an incredible garden, lovingly cultivated by previous owners, are starting to bloom. We first saw this house late last summer and fell in LOVE with this yard. I don't have a clue how to keep it up, but I'm going to try to learn what I can and do what I can.
Maybe if we could generate more positive focus by the local media, including Memphis Magazine, local news, etc. we could give this city's self esteem a boost, with good results for us all.
Robyn
Robyn,
I spent yesterday afternoon exploring Frayser, and I agree that it is lovely!
Amie
I loved these photos, and very much enjoyed the virtual tour around Memphis.
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