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A Walking Tour with Mr. Memphis

2025/4/4
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Roman Mars: 我作为一名孟菲斯人,对这座城市的了解不仅仅局限于旅游景点,我亲身经历过这里的生活,送过披萨,这让我对孟菲斯这座城市的历史和文化变迁有更深刻的理解。吉米·奥格尔作为孟菲斯历史学家,他丰富的人生经历和对孟菲斯历史的深刻了解,为我提供了独特的视角,让我看到了这座城市鲜为人知的一面。通过与他的交谈和实地考察,我更深入地了解了孟菲斯独特的历史文化,例如电信业的早期竞争、比尔街的更名风波、以及泥岛上河流博物馆的转型等。这些经历让我对孟菲斯这座城市的活力和变迁有了更全面的认识。 Jimmy Ogle: 我在孟菲斯生活了40多年,见证了这座城市的变迁。我从事过各种各样的工作,从历史学家到鸭子管理员,这让我对孟菲斯这座城市有了独特的了解。我热爱孟菲斯,我热爱它的历史,我也热爱它的未来。我愿意与大家分享我的故事,让大家更了解孟菲斯。 Catherine Hicks: 作为泥岛旧河流博物馆改造项目的开发者之一,我参与了这个充满挑战和机遇的项目。我们将这个废弃的博物馆改造成一个沉浸式的体验空间,这不仅是对旧建筑的再利用,更是对城市文化的一种传承和创新。我们希望通过这个项目,让更多的人了解孟菲斯,了解它的历史,也了解它的未来。

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The manhole covers in Memphis reveal a fascinating history of the city's independent telecom companies in the early 20th century. Different companies had their own infrastructure, resulting in a variety of manhole covers within a small area. This is a unique glimpse into the 'Memphis Telecom Wars'.
  • 157 different kinds of manhole covers in downtown Memphis
  • Three different shapes: round, square, and rectangular
  • Seven different usages
  • Independent telecom operators in the early 1900s meant customers could only call others on the same network

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Take a whirlwind tour of Memphis with the city’s most enthusiastic historian, uncovering duck parades, telecom turf wars, and a street named after a single day in 1934.

A Walking Tour with Mr. Memphis)

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