æz nˈuː, mˈoːɹ mˈɑːdɚn ˈɑːfɪs bˈɪldɪŋz wɜː bˈɪlt ɪn dˈaʊntaʊn mˈɛmfɪs ɪnðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti z, ðə bˈɪldɪŋ bɪɡˈɪn tə lˈuːz tˈɛnənts ænd, dᵻspˈaɪt ɐ nˈʌmbɚɹ ʌv ˌɔltɚɹˈeɪʃənz ɪŋklˈuːdɪŋ bˌiːɪŋ ɹᵻpˈeɪntᵻd fɹʌm ɪts ɚɹˈɪdʒɪnəl wˈaɪt ænd ɡɹˈiːn tə jˈɛloʊ ænd tˈæn, ɪt hˈæzbiːn lˈɛft vˈeɪkənt sˈɪns ðə nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd ˈeɪɾi z.
As new, more modern office buildings were built in downtown Memphis in the 1960s, the building begin to lose tenants and, despite a number of alterations (including being repainted from its original white and green to yellow and tan), it has been left vacant since the 1980s.