After over 150 years of continuous use, the City plans to decommission our historic Cobblestone Landing. Tourists and locals might never again board those majestic riverboats at the foot of the Cobblestones. Speak up now to save this great landing.
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Tuesday, August 11 at 5:30am
Memphis Cobblestones
Memphis Cobblestones This week, Memphis historic preservationists are coming to the realization that the RDC, it seems, had tried to usurp them all. The company had ignored the expert advice of the City’s consultants, and was even preparing to renege on a promise to City Council. More at the link.
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On August 11 at the public Cobblestone Landing meeting, the Riverfront Development Corporation (RDC) left a quietly-ticking time bomb. In their meeting handouts was a revelation that was so stunning that they had sat on the news for seventeen months. ...
Memphis Cobblestones Here it is: A five-point plan for solving the problem and re-creating the Great Memphis Landing.
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For a little change of pace, I’m going to offer something positive. I am going to present a solution: A five-point plan to fix the riverfront problems, making the best of what we already have, and ...
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In the sidebar to your right, I am conducting a non-scientific opinion poll about the "islands" (aka "pods") in the Beale Street Landing design. Here are some pictures to help you decide.
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The audio and main handout from last night's meeting can be found at this earlier post. My initial thoughts? I think there were four main things I took away from the meeting.1. You remember that silly ...
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If you weren't able to attend Tuesday night's public meeting about the Cobblestone Landing, I've posted links below for you to listen to the audio and obtain some of the handouts.
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If you don't know what I'm talking about, then run, don't walk, to your nearest Memphis Flyer newsstand and check out John Branston's column. I'll post a link later in the week when it's on the Web.Updated, August 13: The link is here.
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In 1994, the City was caught, red-handed, carting away over two acres of Cobblestones from the exact location that will soon be covered up by Beale Street Landing. By a Memorandum of Agreement, the City ...
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It's Elvis week, when thousands of his fans come to Memphis each year to celebrate his memory.Put yourself in their shoes and imagine this scenario: Suppose you arrive at Graceland only to find it locked up. ...
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notices the fifth bullet on the RDC's Web page, which says, "Continuation of and improvements to the docking of boats." He still wants a straight answers to his question about RDC's intentions:
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Before you take off for the weekend, mark your calendars so that you'll be sure to remember to attend the public information meeting to held by the Tennessee Department of Transportation and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers:
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In the earlier article, "The Big Switch: How the riverfront strategy quietly changed," we saw that with the Beale Street Landing (BSL) Project, RDC officials didn't wait very long to veer sharply from ...
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Question: Why was Memphis put on the map? Why does Memphis even exist?Some of you might believe that the City's founders were thinking, "Hey, wouldn't this be a great place to start a music revolution? ...
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The RDC's Web page tells us, "Sadly, the historic cobblestones have fallen into disrepair as they settled and sloughed at the toe."Sadly, too, I'd have to agree with that. But then they drop the big scare-bomb:
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Continued from: [Part 1] [Part 2]Since I posted article Scare talk: ADA, emails have apparently been flying around the town. There seems to be some concern that (and I'll quote from an email):
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Continued from: [Part 1]In my previous article, I neglected to make a point about the so-called "connection" that the RDC wants to build.By the way, as a retired marketing executive, I am well aware that ...
