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Friday, January 29, 2010

Write your City Council representative

If you want to make your feelings about "B.S." Landing known to city officials, here are their emails. Just click a name to send a message.

Mayor@memphistn.gov,
Bill.Morrison@memphistn.gov,
Bill.Boyd@memphistn.gov,
Wanda.Halbert@memphistn.gov,
Harold.Collins@memphistn.gov,
Jim.Strickland@memphistn.gov,
Edmund.Fordjr@memphistn.gov,
Swearengen.Ware@memphistn.gov,
Joe.Brown@memphistn.gov,
Janis.Fullilove@memphistn.gov,
Myron.Lowery@memphistn.gov,
Kemp.Conrad@memphistn.gov,
Shea.Flinn@memphistn.gov,
Reid.Hedgepeth@memphistn.gov
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After over 150 years of continuous, thriving use, the City of Memphis plans to decommission our Cobblestone Landing. Tourists and Memphians might never again see those majestic riverboats docked at the foot of the Cobblestones - much less board a boat there to take a scenic Mississippi river cruise.

Learn why, and more...


Also see:
  • The real truth about B.S. Landing: An Open Letter to City Council
  • A vibrant riverfront for less
  • A new plan for our Great Memphis Landing
  • Write your City Council

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Important Questions

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  • Why does the City want to put its Cobbles "under glass"?
  • What did the Master Plan actually say about the Cobblestones?
  • Why would the City want to decommission the Cobblestone Landing?
  • Does the RDC plan really allow "continuation of boat docking" there?
  • Why should we care?
  • How stupid are we?
  • A brief history of Beale Street Landing
  • Will Beale Street Landing be named after Willie Herenton?
  • Don't we need a new riverboat landing?
  • Do the Cobblestones really need to be made ADA compliant?
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  • A brief history of the Cobblestone Landing
  • What was the "Memphis Elevator?"
  • Does the RDC actually know the Cobblestone Landing's history?
  • What was the "Garrow Report" and why was it produced?
  • The question not asked about BSL: Is there a security plan?
  • Audio and handouts from the August 11, 2009 TDOT public meeting
  • Draft Cobblestones plan as of February 14, 2008
  • About me

This is a personal blog site. Opinions expressed are solely those of the site's author and editor, who is a private citizen not affiliated with any riverboat company.

Other sites of interest

  • Advisory Council on History Preservation
  • Beale Street Landing: Original Design
  • Center City Commission Board of Directors
  • Center City Commission Design Review Board (DRB)
  • Friends for Our Riverfront
  • Gates of Memphis
  • Memphis City Council
  • Memphis Cobblestones on Facebook
  • Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau
  • Memphis Heritage, Inc.
  • Memphis Landmarks Commission
  • Memphis Riverfront Library
  • Riverfront Development Corp.
  • Skatelife Memphis
  • Skatepark for Memphis
  • Steamboat Museum
  • TDOT Public Hearings (transcripts)
  • Tennessee Historical Commission (SHPO)
  • UrbanPlanet.org
  • Waterfront Center

Blog Archive

  • ▼  2010 (22)
    • ►  September (2)
      • Another Mississippi cruise idea is floated, but wi...
      • CA: Overnight cruises on Mississippi River put on ...
    • ►  May (6)
      • My remarks before City Council
      • City Council action
      • Tuesday's City Council Agenda (part 2)
      • Tuesday's City Council Agenda
      • RDC Chairman John Stokes: It's my way or the highw...
      • RDC knew for over a year and kept Mayor Lowery in ...
    • ►  April (2)
      • Comparison
      • CA reports, editorializes...and misses the point
    • ►  March (1)
      • WREG-TV: Memphis Riverfront Project Hits A Snag
    • ►  February (7)
      • Our CIP credit card
      • Action News 5: Beale Street blunder?
      • Let's be strategic on our riverfront
      • The phantom Master Plan
      • What's it going to cost? An update.
      • A bone picked
      • Memphis Magazine
    • ▼  January (4)
      • Still the "B.S." Landing
      • Write your City Council representative
      • The real truth about B.S. Landing
      • Letter to the editor: A vibrant riverfront -- for ...
  • ►  2009 (52)
    • ►  December (6)
      • How far is too far: The sunk cost fallacy
      • How far is too far to turn back?
      • What's it really going to cost?
      • Boat dock to nowhere
      • Questions about the steel contract
      • RDC Bombshell
    • ►  October (5)
      • FfOR wins 2009 Clearwater Award
      • August 11 transcripts and comments
      • Notable quotation
      • Short and sweet: The real purpose of MILUP
      • The real purpose of the Mud Island Land Use Plan, ...
    • ►  September (1)
      • Solution is simple and obvious
    • ►  August (27)
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      • My additional comments for the public record
      • RDC bombshell: Misunderstanding — or bad faith?
      • A new plan for our Great Memphis Landing
      • The "islands"
      • I get a mention
      • My four take aways
      • Audio and handouts from the meeting
      • Killer Rip-Rap
      • My remarks at today's public meeting
      • Today
      • Dead Cobblestones Week
      • The Scorpion and the Frog
      • About me
      • Parsing the public's requirements
      • Reminder
    • ►  July (8)
    • ►  June (5)
  • ►  2008 (24)
    • ►  July (1)
    • ►  June (3)
    • ►  May (6)
    • ►  April (2)
    • ►  March (11)
    • ►  February (1)

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  • history (4)
  • MILUP (2)
  • Mud Island (3)
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This is a personal blog site. Opinions expressed are solely those of the site's author and editor, who is not affiliated with any riverboat company.