Sears Crosstown in Memphis: From Catalogues to a Concourse

By Bill Haltom

Book Overview

When it opened in 1927, Sears Crosstown, now Crosstown Concourse, was the southeastern regional warehouse and distribution center for the Sears Catalogue mail-order empire. Each day, more than forty-five thousand orders were processed by more than 1,500 workers. As a result, Sears Crosstown became known locally as "the Wish Building." For more than half a century, the iconic building and its surrounding neighborhood flourished until the decline of Sears in the 1980s. For decades, the once dynamic destination for commerce was vacant and shuttered. Then a unique group of Memphians emerged to resurrect Sears Crosstown with a plan most thought was impossible. Bill Haltom, a native Memphian and writer, tells the story of "the Wish Building"--its past, present and future.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1467147990
• ISBN13: 9781467147996
• Release Date: July 2021
• Publisher: History Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 8.9"