(08-16-2015 10:35 AM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  

(08-16-2015 01:15 AM)Cletus Wrote:  

(08-15-2015 11:44 PM)georgiatiger Wrote:  

(08-15-2015 11:17 PM)Cletus Wrote:  

(08-15-2015 10:44 PM)georgiatiger Wrote:  Everything changed when Kennedy was shot. Everything.

Where were you when it happened?

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Coleman Elementary. Class was dismissed and I remember leaving school, down the stairs and on the sidewalk. Just a kid, but it hit me that everything had changed. Very vivid memory.

Grahamwood Elementary, Mrs. Rushton's class. I remember they announced it over the PA system and the Catholic girl's screamed & I thought one was going to pass out.

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I was at Bethel Grove Elementary (Memphis)

Student center at Memphis state

Bump.

Streetcars & Auto traffic looking west on Union Ave. at 3rd St., with Hotel Tennessee & Peabody Hotel, Loew's Palace Theater showing Ben Hur, Memphis TN - Circa 1926



Victorian-era houses on Vance Ave, Memphis TN - Circa 1900

When you see these magnificent homes you wonder what the Federal Government was thinking when they used Urban Renewal to raze them.
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I'll be glad when we get those trolleys back. When I first came back to Memphis, I stayed downtown for a minute. Just to check things out. Those Trolleys were a major hit with the tourists. Gave the city a nice feel.

(08-31-2015 09:32 PM)Cletus Wrote:  

Streetcars & Auto traffic looking west on Union Ave. at 3rd St., with Hotel Tennessee & Peabody Hotel, Loew's State Theater showing Ben Hur, Memphis TN - Circa 1926



Victorian-era houses on Vance Ave, Memphis TN - Circa 1900

When you see these magnificent homes you wonder what the Federal Government was thinking when they used Urban Renewal to raze them.
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"When you see these magnificent homes you wonder what the Federal Government was thinking when they used Urban Renewal to raze them"

Very,Very True, +2. Thanks for Pic's.

(08-31-2015 10:16 PM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  

(08-31-2015 09:32 PM)Cletus Wrote:  

Streetcars & Auto traffic looking west on Union Ave. at 3rd St., with Hotel Tennessee & Peabody Hotel, Loew's State Theater showing Ben Hur, Memphis TN - Circa 1926



Victorian-era houses on Vance Ave, Memphis TN - Circa 1900

When you see these magnificent homes you wonder what the Federal Government was thinking when they used Urban Renewal to raze them.
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"When you see these magnificent homes you wonder what the Federal Government was thinking when they used Urban Renewal to raze them"

Very,Very True, +2. Thanks for Pic's.

Tore down the Hill Mansion for a fast food restaurant that's no longer there. Shameful.

(08-15-2015 11:17 PM)Cletus Wrote:  

(08-15-2015 10:44 PM)georgiatiger Wrote:  Everything changed when Kennedy was shot. Everything.

Where were you when it happened?

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Levi elementary school. Sixth grade. I took the flag down that afternoon.Teachers were all crying. It was the cold war era. I thought we were at war with Russia. Then they came on the intercom and dismissed school. The country was stolen that day.

Memphis & Little Rock Railroad locomotive, tender, handcart and crew, Hopefield-West Memphis AR - Circa 1885



Memphis & Little Rock Railroad, via Arkansas & Texas short line - Circa 1874
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(08-15-2015 11:17 PM)Cletus Wrote:  

(08-15-2015 10:44 PM)georgiatiger Wrote:  Everything changed when Kennedy was shot. Everything.

Where were you when it happened?

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I was too young but my brothers were in school at St. Michael’s on Summer Ave. The nuns led the student body to the church to pray. While doing so, the American flag in the church fell over. Creepy.

Christian Brothers College drawing showing original 1871 & later building, 612 Adams Ave, Memphis TN - Circa 1896
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Robert Henry Record Store, BB King's 1st Manager, Beale St. Memphis TN - Circa 1952
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Loew's Palace Theater & Britling's Cafeteria, 81 Union Ave., Memphis TN - Circa 1953
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(09-10-2015 08:18 AM)Cletus Wrote:  

Loew's Palace Theater & Britling's Cafeteria, 81 Union Ave., Memphis TN - Circa 1953
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Hey Cletus, your photos aren't showing up.

A minute ago they weren't there; and now they are???

Go figure.



Peabody Hotel Rooftop Party, Union Ave & Second St., Memphis TN - Circa 1949
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Poplar and Mendenhall where Belmont grill stands.

(09-11-2015 06:24 PM)maximus Wrote:  Poplar and Mendenhall where Belmont grill stands.

That was a long time ago.

Tech High School Baseball Team, Poplar Ave., Memphis TN - Circa 1942
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West Tennessee State Normal School Baseball Team, Memphis TN - Circa 1913
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(08-04-2015 02:26 PM)Cletus Wrote:  

Christian Brothers HS Band under the direction of Capt. Charles Harrison, Easter Sunday, Memphis TN - Circa 1932
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My good friend, Attorney and Christian Brother, David Cook, also arranged for the band to play at the 100th anniversary of the Shelby County Courthouse a few years ago. Since it was raining, they played right inside, in the southeast entrance.

(08-31-2015 10:16 PM)Redbanksdog Wrote:  

(08-31-2015 09:32 PM)Cletus Wrote:  

Streetcars & Auto traffic looking west on Union Ave. at 3rd St., with Hotel Tennessee & Peabody Hotel, Loew's State Theater showing Ben Hur, Memphis TN - Circa 1926



Victorian-era houses on Vance Ave, Memphis TN - Circa 1900

When you see these magnificent homes you wonder what the Federal Government was thinking when they used Urban Renewal to raze them.
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"When you see these magnificent homes you wonder what the Federal Government was thinking when they used Urban Renewal to raze them"

Very,Very True, +2. Thanks for Pic's.

Of course, most of them were in horrendous shape or gone by that time. My father owned one on Adams near MHA. It was a boarding house when he bought it, and he had hoped to improve it. The damn City took it to build a public housing highrise, but Daddy salvaged every single fine architectural detail he could, from fireplaces and mantels to stair railings and molding, and brass doorknobs. It was a crying shame, and made Daddy sick that it was torn down. The bricks from the home can still be seen at the corner of Peabody and Willett where my father built a brick wall around our home. Urban Renewal was very wrong-headed.