by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | July 3rd, 2007 10:03pm CST | Comments Off
Sometimes there’s unintended humor in the juxtaposition between the body of an email and the perfunctory legal note automatically pasted to its end. We thought of this when an email to Joseph Lee at MLGW returned this automatic reply: “Joseph Lee is no longer the president of MLGW. Please refer all communications for the MLGW [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | July 3rd, 2007 6:56pm CST | Comments Off
It’s hard to understand America’s love affair with movie stars, but clearly, it’s to the advantage of former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson as he toys with his inevitable entry into the next presidential sweepstakes. True to form, the national news media – obsessed as usual with the horse race aspects of the campaign – gauge [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | July 2nd, 2007 11:30am CST | Comments Off
The following comment was posted by City Watch in response to last week’s commentary, Walnut Grove Road Project: The Monument To Developer Influence In Local Government. We found the comments so compelling that we we’re posting them here, too. Dear Smart: You talk about the “24-27 new lanes of traffic aimed directly at the 4,500 [...]
by Smart City Memphis (RSS) Uncategorized | July 1st, 2007 8:26pm CST | Comments Off
At their most basic, large public construction projects are living things. That’s why managing them is a lot like parenting. It’s always good to have some basic rules, but success is most often found in flexibility and individual judgment calls. It is a curious fact of construction that each project takes on a personality all [...]
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Photograph by Amie Vanderford
Memphian Amie Vanderford is a photographer for peace and justice. Her portfolio includes photographs from Peru, Zimbabwe, Nepal, Indian, and her hometown.
