Hue and cry? Bold colors, painted brick stir debate over apartment renovations
Painters paint abstract murals of trees on the Williamsburg Manor apartments on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Sunny day shadows cast onto the murals by the real oaks create a kind of dynamic, organic art. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
A colorful debate is being waged over the striking designs in the renovations of two old, East Memphis apartment communities.
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Tom Bailey
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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