Downtown Memphis is interesting. They're in the middle of a big 'revival' of the downtown neighborhoods. Nearly all of the buildings in this section right off Beale Street are in some state of reconstruction. Just about every street level shop is closed or out of business. And yet, it's street that's closed to traffic (save the public transit trolley line) and a block from the waterfront...right where you'd expect prime property and bustling shops.

Beale Street seems unwilling to give up it's old charm...even after the rest of the buildings have come down, they're preserving the facades. Those scaffolds are permanent installations.