Can you actually believe that the city of St. Petersburg voted to tear down the entire pier and this structure? I couldn’t believe it either! See it while you can!
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Abandoned McNeil High School, Crawfordsville AR
McNeil High School was the school for Black students in Crawfordsville, Arkansas before integration, and later was part of the consolidated Crawfordsville High School, but Arkansas state law forced Crawfordsville to abolish its school district because of declining enrollment, and the school campus is now abandoned. A large tree has fallen on a portion of the building, perhaps during one of the many tornado outbreaks this spring.
Sundown in Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville, Arkansas, about 12 miles west of Marion, is the hometown of blues legend Johnnie Taylor, although there is nothing in the little town to mark that fact. Like all Delta towns, Crawfordsville has seen better days, but gets the occasional visitor due to Uncle John’s, a local institution famous for Italian food, catfish, steaks and ribs.
4/9/10: Morning at the Beach, Sandestin
After breakfast at Another Broken Egg Cafe in Baytowne Wharf, then I rode over to the beach side of Sandestin and took a walk on …
4/8/10: An Evening at Sandestin
The trip from Gainesville back to Memphis is a long one, so I planned to break it up somewhere between, and discovered that I could …
4/8/10: Seaside’s Central Square Records
Seaside, Florida is a unique and charming “new town” along Florida’s Highway 30A corridor which is so popular with people from Memphis. Built according to …
4/7/10: C. Wakeley’s Gainesville Music Summit
My homeboy C. Wakeley had invited me to Gainesville, Florida for his annual Gainesville Music Summit, which was held on a Wednesday, so I had …
9/24/09: Palmetto Bluff/Charleston/Southeast Music & Entertainment Summit Day 1
After breakfast at the hotel, I spent the morning driving around to Savannah bookstores looking for a book on the civil rights movement in Savannah, …
9/23/09: Lulu’s Chocolate Bar in Savannah
I spent the better part of the day driving from Memphis across Alabama and Georgia, at one point not certain whether I-20 would be open …
9/4/09: To the Beach in Gulfport
I had agreed to drive my mother down to Gulfport, Mississippi for her high-school reunion, so we stopped by a Starbucks in Memphis for a …