Calkins: On Clayborn Temple’s final day, shaken Memphians came to pay their respects
The Clayborn Temple had new stained-glass windows installed in 2023. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
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Geoff Calkins has been chronicling Memphis and Memphis sports for more than two decades. He is host of "The Geoff Calkins Show" from 9-11 a.m. M-F on 92.9 FM. Calkins has been named the best sports columnist in the country five times by the Associated Press sports editors, but still figures his best columns are about the people who make Memphis what it is.
The city can feel like it’s in crisis. The country can feel like it’s in crisis. And Monday, we all woke up to the news that Clayborn Temple had burned down.
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