Poor Forrest

I have a Saturday class and the exam was today. I finished this exam fairly quickly and decided to wait for a classmate that I had "un-officially" tutored through the semester. I walked over to Office Depot to buy some candy, (needed a gummie-bear fix) and with some time on hand strolled around the building. Adjacent to Office Depot is a UT building or at least it looks like the buildings across the street. It has elaborate brick work and great stone facades around the doors and window. At the end of this alley, hanging from the south entrance is an elaborate street sign marked 822 Beale Street. (there's absolutely no street there today) I peeked in as many windows as possible, peeling plaster, debris and yard equipment is all I could see. BUT....when I looked north, Forrest was starring right at me. Mounted on his majestic horse, guarding the resting place of he and his bride, a symbol of southern history is now looking directly at an old alley surrounded by chain-linked fences hooded with barb-wire starring at the ass-end of a Motel 6. As a rule, I do not like change. Personally, I believe the UT/Southwest area needs a green space, even if no one uses it. I was against moving Forrest for this simple reason. Today, I changed my mind, even Forrest doesn't deserve this. Poor city planning has left an important part of Memphis/Southern history out of the loop with little respect. After our visit to Elmwood Cemetery this past semester, I have a greater appreciation for the people who died for "their-cause." Forrest should be with them, people who gain any or all of their knowledge about this time in American history should experience Forrest too. He's sorely overlooked on Union Avenue, and that's not fair!