Memphis: Then & Now
See what's changed and what hasn't in Memphis over the last 45 to 100+ years.
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Memphis Cobblestone Landing 1942/2017
1942 photograph by Arthur Rothstein. Library of Congress,
Prints & Photographs Division, Farm Security Administration/
Office of War Information Collection, item 2017775183.
2017 photograph by Tim Doyle.
Memphis is the only U.S. city with a cobblestone landing,
which was constructed in the 1800s. The cobblestones
are deteriorating, but in early 2019 a multi-million dollar effort
was launched to restore them.
