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Exterior of an old mall with text that reads "CULTURE WHERE YOU LEAST EXPECT IT: URBAN PLANNING LESSONS FROM THE MALL OF COOKEVILLE, TN"

Culture Where You Least Expect It: Urban Planning Lessons from the MALL of Cookeville, TN

2016-11-13
On: 11/13/2016
In: Near South

We see the MALL of Cookeville, TN as an authentic, local reinvention of a place that the corporate world forgot. Perhaps it can offer urban planning lessons to other communities stuck with abandoned big boxes.

Summary graphic: a hamburger and fries inside of a Styrofoam container, atop a bench beside a coastal view.

Burger as Memory: Grease-Fueled Recollections of Murray Beach, N.B.

2016-03-19
On: 03/19/2016
In: New Brunswick

I often read that food is love, but it’s also memory. Such is the case with the burger shack of Murray Beach, New Brunswick, in the Canadian Maritimes.

Summary graphic: A cheeseburger with barbecue pork atop it, next to two small dishes of sides.

Tops Bar-B-Q: Home of the Barbecue Cheeseburger (Memphis, TN)

2015-08-26
On: 08/26/2015
In: Memphis, Memphis BBQ

We like barbecue. We like cheeseburgers. In Memphis, the Tops Bar-B-Q franchise is known as the place to go for a barbecue cheeseburger.

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