by Mark Jordan | Jun 20, 2019 | Yard of the Month
This four-square was built in 1912 in true American style. By Sharron Johnson The 2019 Cooper-Young Garden Walk has come and gone. I’m only at liberty to say, that it was a huge success. I won’t give statistics in this article; that’s Kim Halyak’s glory to bask in....
by Mark Jordan | Apr 18, 2019 | Yard of the Month
April’s birthstone is the diamond. As we all know, diamonds are brilliant, coveted, and strong. When I think about diamonds, I think of a carbon-based object that has been kept under pressure and gone through a metamorphosis to create a beautiful gem. Many songs have...
by Mark Jordan | Sep 8, 2018 | Business of the Month
Bluff City Bakery, 945 Cooper Originally opened in the South Main Arts District in 2006, last year Bluff City Bakery opened its second location in Cooper-Young in the spot most recently occupied by Bank of...
by Mark Jordan | Aug 15, 2018 | Business of the Month, CYCA
Tsunami, 928 Cooper A Cooper-Young mainstay for 20 years. Voted by Memphis Magazine’s one of the city’s best restaurants. Chef Ben Smith and wife, manager Colleen Couch-Smith, offers Pacific Rim cuisine, specializing in seafood with an Asian influence. Reservations...
by Mark Jordan | Aug 15, 2018 | CYCA, Yard of the Month
By Sharron Johnson I jumped in the car and caught the tail end of a story on NPR that Pixar’s animated film WALL-E had recently turned 10 years old. 10 years? No, can’t be. For those of you that never saw the film, WALL-E (an acronym for Waste Allocation Load...
by Mark Jordan | Jun 10, 2018 | Yard of the Month
By Sharron Johnson It has been said you can’t go home again. I’m not inclined to side with that statement. Even if you are home, home is ever changing through time and events. So, it would be better to say, you are always home. In Cooper-Young, home has a special...
