Cooper-Young Trestle 150-foot steel sculpture

At the entrance to Cooper-Young in Midtown Memphis, a railroad trestle that no longer carries trains now carries a row of steel houses and shopfronts. Memphis's tourism site We Are Memphis calls it "a 150-foot steel sculpture that depicts the neighborhood", and the American Planning Association, naming Cooper-Young one of its Great Places in 2012, listed it among the neighbourhood's changes: "One of the most eye-catching changes is the gateway Cooper-Young trestle".

The UrbanArt Commission says metal artist Jill Turman created the work and that it was dedicated in 2000. According to the Americans for the Arts Public Art Network, she designed and built 12 steel structures based on actual buildings and houses from the neighbourhood and attached them to both faces of a 96-year-old railroad trestle that was no longer in use. Windows and doors are backlit, the entry says, giving the scene a warm look at night. She worked closely with residents to decide which buildings to depict, and local businesses and residents helped with donations and in-kind contributions. The Cooper-Young Community Association, UrbanArt Commission and Community Foundation of Greater Memphis are credited alongside her.