Sometimes a city’s influence goes beyond its borders well into the region. Our guests this week both work with this idea of the global influence of cities. Saskia Sassen is professor of sociology and a member of the...
Read MoreSomeone emailed to ask what we would do to set a “creativity movement” in motion in Memphis. The answer came quickly: “Appoint Jeff Nesin the Memphis czar of creativity.”That’s because we don’t know anyone who understands the...
Read MoreTo continue the creativity theme for the week, we have a few things that we think will interest you.First, CEOs for Cities, headed up by our good friend and colleague Carol Coletta, continues to see cities through its decidedly...
Read MoreWilliam Eggleston is the Elvis Presley of American photography. A rock star.Because of it, it’s turned out to be the perfect week for us here to concentrate on creativity and the creative sparks that are as much a part of...
Read MoreThere are times when a conversation becomes a cause, and a meeting becomes a movement.Hopefully, that will be the case as a result of the “Creative Conversation” that took place a couple of weeks ago at Memphis College of Art,...
Read MorePublic space is important in both cities and in buildings. We’ll talk to two people who are attempting to re-imagine those public spaces both inside and out. Antony Wood is the Executive Director of the Council on Tall...
Read MoreIt’s probably just us, but it’s hard for us to imagine that if it had been urban Memphis rather than Germantown that Attorney General Bill Gibbons would have been as cavalier about enforcing campaign laws.Mix in a name like...
Read MoreWe picked up our Memphis Flyer tonight, and to follow up today’s post about foreclosures, we recommend this week’s cover story by the always insightful Mary Cashiola, Home Economics.
Read MorePresident-elect Barack Obama, as part of the urban agenda that he proposed during his campaign, promises to create a White House Office of Urban Policy, and it can’t come too soon.We have written often about the neglect,...
Read MoreAt the risk of echoing our president-elect’s wife, we’ve never been prouder of our country.It’s just that simple.While it remains to be seen if the reality of Barack Obama will be as a transformational figure and not just a...
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