Memphis Is Reconnecting With Its Waterfront
14 November 2001 - 6:00am
Cities are discovering that their waterfronts are more valuable as commercial destinations than for manufacturing.
At "the dawn of a new century, this nearly 200-year-old city is trying to reconnect to its riverfront, abetted by a public-private partnership that will evolve a sweeping plan of grand civic spaces and commercial development grounded in aesthetics and environmentalism."
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River towns reconnect with waterfront potential
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The Christian Science Monitor, November 13, 2001
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