{"product_id":"sears-crosstown-in-memphis-bill-haltom-9781467147996","title":"Sears Crosstown in Memphis: From Catalogues to a Concourse","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bill Haltom\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1467147990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781467147996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/12\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.50d","brand":"Bill Haltom","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44045465878783,"sku":"9781467147996","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0e846a7d-e68c-4ccb-b94a-e578af03e65e.jpg?v=1684978917","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sears-crosstown-in-memphis-bill-haltom-9781467147996","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}