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Decatur Street Mural in North Memphis

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Saturday afternoon, while driving around North Memphis, I discovered this colorful mural on the wall of an abandoned store at Decatur Street and Looney Avenue.

06/01/2014 jdoggtn Tagged Decatur Street, Looney Avenue, Memphis TN, North Memphis Leave a comment
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