Oh, snap: This week’s best photos
The Memphis Listening Lab, on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, will soon open the in Crosstown Concourse. The new public space hails tens of thousands of vinyl records, CDs, and books, as well as listening stations and a recording booth. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
A stained-glass window featuring a cotton boll illuminates the old Cotton Gin in Olive Branch. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
Nine-year-old Mary Paisley Bingham excitedly watches the finale of the Collierville fireworks show at H.W. Cox Park with her family July 3, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Fireworks light up the Memphis skyline July 4, 2021. (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Every pedestrian killed on a Memphis street last year is named and represented by unique artwork. The installation by Colin Kidder and the Heights CDC will remain in the National Avenue median north of Summer Avenue through July. (Tom Bailey/Daily Memphian)
The Overton Park Court Apartments, now known as the Park Lane Apartments, have been added to the National Register of Historic Places. (Elle Perry/Daily Memphian)
A cycle room is one of the features at the 74,000-square-foot R. Brad Martin Student Wellness Center on Southern Avenue. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
The Daily Memphian photographers (and a couple of reporters) caught some great pictures, including the Memphis Listening Lab, which houses 30,000 45 singles, 10,000 LPs, 20,000 CDs and upwards of 1,000 music-related books.
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