Jack Tucker Alley

Yes, some alleys actually have names. Jack Tucker Alley is named after a local architect who, according to Joe Spake's blog, "was a major player in the re-birth of Downtown living, before the development of Mud Island and the South Bluff, Tucker was a force for for urban living and urban design". When he died in 2009, the Commercial Appeal story said, "If Jack Tucker hadn't come along when he did, Downtown Memphis might not be the Downtown we know today." Smart City Memphis said, "The thread through all that he did was preservation, whether it was the built environment, the natural environment or the civic environment."

We came across it on our recent walk around downtown when we were looking at how low the River was.