December 28, 200915 yr Excellent! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
December 28, 200915 yr I've always been tempted to visit Memphis. It's a control city on all sb freeway signage here in Chicago. Hard to believe this is the next spot of civilization as the crow flies Great photos. Some real beautiful buildings in need of a good future
December 28, 200915 yr My cousin lives here and I still have yet to go visit him again. Great city. I loved it when I visited him about 5 years ago. Thanks for the photos.
December 28, 200915 yr Another reason to hate the (Mid-)South. These hillbillies honor MayDay with a parade? I wonder how many virgins were sacrificed?!
December 28, 200915 yr Haven't been to Memphis yet, but these pictures make it look pretty trashy. For christsakes they have a MayDay Parade. Doesn't that say it all?? You can't get any trashier than that! Like I say about most of the south, "move along, nothing to see here!"
December 29, 200915 yr too bad about the gray day but good job and yay memphis. hmm looks like beale st is still going strong but has gotten even tackier over the 20years since i've been there. the peanut shoppe could give akron's a run for the money!
December 29, 200915 yr Nice photos, Ink! Without a doubt, Memphis has to be one of the most architecturally diverse places I've seen posted on this forum. Good to see that even unrestored historic buildings which otherwise might have been demolished are at least getting their street facades stabilized (with engineered steel braces) until something can be done with them. I can't see that facade-saving preservation practice happening in places like the OTR district in Cincinnati-they seem to like demolitions too much in that city. On the other hand, when my spouse and I in went to visit in April '09 some of her relatives that live just north of Memphis near Dyersburg, we were warned in no uncertain terms, not to venture into Memphis and not to even stop to gas up the car as crime is so rampant there. We heeded the warning, although I personally wondered if it was not a case of small town fear of big city ills. I'm sure the Memphis economy could be better, but that is true today of just about anywhere.
December 30, 200915 yr Nice photos, Ink! Without a doubt, Memphis has to be one of the most architecturally diverse places I've seen posted on this forum. Good to see that even unrestored historic buildings which otherwise might have been demolished are at least getting their street facades stabilized (with engineered steel braces) until something can be done with them. I can't see that facade-saving preservation practice happening in places like the OTR district in Cincinnati-they seem to like demolitions too much in that city. On the other hand, when my spouse and I in went to visit in April '09 some of her relatives that live just north of Memphis near Dyersburg, we were warned in no uncertain terms, not to venture into Memphis and not to even stop to gas up the car as crime is so rampant there. We heeded the warning, although I personally wondered if it was not a case of small town fear of big city ills. I'm sure the Memphis economy could be better, but that is true today of just about anywhere. From what I understand crime is really bad. A friend consulted their for a while and when I would go for work we'd go out. At night he's like it's very dangerous and he lived across the street from cybil sheppard. And Peabody Place, with it's damn Elvis store is a hot mess.
December 30, 200915 yr I think Memphis crime may be a bit worse than any of Ohio's city's, but not ridiculously so.
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