FREE www.cooperyoung.org A R t F o R A R t ’ s s A k E A u c t i o n CY Trestle is more than just a pretty sight B y L E s L i E t h o m p s o n in 2003, i spent my thanksgiving holiday in memphis. this was not my first trip to the Bluff city. i had visited once as a child, but the only thing i can recall from that trip is a hazy memory of the “Jungle Room” at Graceland. on my second trip, i spent the majority of a summer as a sullen teenager on the university of memphis campus, where i saw very little of the actual city. Even if i had been given the opportunity to explore all i wanted, i still would have preferred to sit by myself in a dorm room while listening to the smiths on my sony Discman. i had not yet learned how to appreciate this city and what it has to offer. on this third trip, i came with my husband. he grew up in memphis and was eager to show me around, so we drove down the massive tree-lined parkways, and he showed me overton park. At sunset, we sat by the mississippi, and we followed it with a dinner of Rendezvous ribs. i saw the city from the rooftop of the peabody, and, afterward, i saw our faces lit from the neon signs on Beale. We drove through Victorian Village, and then he showed me the sprawling mansions of East memphis. Back in midtown, he said we were going to cooper-young, a name that sounded so bizarre to me. At the time, i thought “cooper young” was a person, but i quickly figured it out when i found myself driving down cooper street. Before arriving at our intersection destination, i can remember looking up and seeing something so curious and appealing. “What is that?” i asked in wonder as i pointed up above at what i would later learn to call the trestle. the image of the backlit miniature row of houses hanging high and proudly over cooper was unforgettable. At the time, i had no idea who put it there or why, but it spoke to me. i saw it as the loveliest of welcome mats dangling from the sky. At home, i would recall our trip to memphis over and over in my head, where the sweet Continued on page 11 April 2010 LampLighter 1 Meetings Meetings Art for Art’s Sake Auction inside Saturday, April 11th, 6-9:30 pm Young Avenue Deli CY Porch Sale Spring cleaning inspires creative CYCA General 5 residents to organize a neighborhood Meeting wide porch sale. Artists and musicians are Tuesday, April 14th, 6:30-7:30 pm encouraged to participate along with regular Doors open for refreshments at folks just cleaning out their closets. 6 pm 2298 Young Avenue Cooper-Young Night Out Elections will be held for CYCA Vice celebrates first year President and Secretary 6 The CYBA has been inviting the city to experience Cooper-Young on the first CYCA Mulch to & Thursday of each month for one year. Local Members Dates artists will set up on the sidewalks to offer Saturday, April 18th, 9am-noon or everyone a special treat. until the mulch is gone Midtown Nursery at corner of Cooper and Central Neighbors remember Meetings & Dates & Meetings pPRELE R ETTsSI iEdeDENT R Fn R t O ’’ s S M LLETTER THE t tEer P RE S I D EN T a beloved friend Art for Art’s Sake 18 New York Street residents say Auction SpringingCooper-YoungIt’s spring forwardclean-up is looking time! goodbye to Nekole Delashmit who died in a insideinside April 10th, 6–9:30 pm tragic accident. forB Ys pringDEBBIE you! is here! SOWELL yippee! outdoor activities are already picking up, Cooper-Young is a young Avenue Deli likeWell, quarterly spring clean-ups, is here and preparing what a fortime the we Art will for have Art’s doing sake ourAuction Public$ellers to tour market new Hopefully, you all have seen our mission. 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