Board delays vote deciding fate of historic Nylon Net Building
Chance Carlisle, the same developer who has been praised for adaptive reuse of the historic Chisca Hotel building and the Ellis Machine Works façade, said the Nylon Net Building at 7 Vance would be too expensive and dangerous to even partially salvage. (Daily Memphian file)
The Board of Adjustment also denied giving a zoning variance to Prairie Farms dairy plant, which wants to use three of its acres for plant operations.
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Tom Bailey retired in January as a business reporter at The Daily Memphian, and after 40 years in journalism. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He has lived in Midtown for 36 years.
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