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February 11, 2015

In Era of Google Maps, Fans of Paper Maps Refuse to Fold - WSJ


The Wall Street Journal: 11/7/2014“Manik Gupta, Director of Google Maps, says… the Elvis map is ‘fantastic’.” Download a PDF here. If you have a subscription, read the original here.
January 18, 2015

The King's Guide to Memphis for Elvis-Obsessed Travelers


Yahoo! Travel: 1/8/ 2015   “The detail of this meticulously researched and hand-illustrated map is mind-blowing, with a whopping 137 factoids, from the riveting to the just plain quirky”.  Laura Begley Bloom, Executive Editor of Yahoo Travel.  Download a PDF here.If you have a subscription, read the original here.
January 15, 2015

A Couple from Charles Street Puts Elvis on the Map


The Villager: 1/15/15  Download a PDF here. Read the original here.  
January 07, 2015

Happy Birthday, Elvis! Test Your Knowledge of the King


Parade.com: 1/7/15    Download a PDF here. Read the original here.
December 18, 2014

A Memphis Map That's Fit for The King


Travel + Leisure: 12/18/14    Download a PDF here. Read the original here.
August 31, 2014

Memphis Coverage


Mapping Elvis Memphis Flyer: 8/8/13 Beyond GracelandMemphis Daily News: 8/16/13 Elvis Presley Fans Put Together Total Memphis Elvis Map Memphis Business Journal: 8/11/14
October 31, 2013

Paris Loves Elvis!


The map toured the City of Light this past week, with stops at Prince De Galles Hotel and Elvis My Happiness, home of the Paris fan club. Check out the posts and photo album on our Facebook page.  
October 30, 2013

20th Annual Blues Ball Festival


We had a great time at this year's Blues Ball Festival at the Gibson Guitar Factory! So many great people and so much great music. Al Green. Sam Moore. Knox and Jerry Phillips. Preston Shannon. D'Army Bailey. Check out the photo album on our Facebook page.
August 01, 2013

Mapping Elvis


We’re having a party to launch the map at the historic  A. Schwab (it’s the oldest store in Tennessee!) on Beale Street during Elvis Week. We hope to see you there on Monday August 12 beginning at 5pm. If you can’t make it, look for pictures of the party on Updates as well as our Facebook page. 
August 01, 2013

The map that helps you see Memphis as Elvis experienced it.


Andrea Shaw and Alan Grossman are fans from New York City who came to Memphis looking for Elvis and ended up falling in love with the city. Years ago they visited Memphis to see Graceland and discovered there was no single map to guide them to other Elvis sites in the city. After 3 years of research they hired one of the country’s top map illustrators along with an award-winning art director/graphic artist to produce the first illustrated map of Memphis that is based on Elvis’s life. Andrea and Alan enjoyed the research for this project, first of all because it involved so many visits to Memphis! The research included consulting with Elvis historians and Memphis experts, who helped them locate the buildings that still exist  from Elvis’s time, as well as  the buildings that are long gone. Not only can you see where Elvis made his first public appearance or saw his car almost destroyed by adoring fans – buildings that are still there – but you can also see the location and often an illustration of the “lost” landmarks of his life such as where Elvis worked as a truck driver and met Colonel Tom Parker for the...

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