MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The Peabody opened its Union Avenue doors in 1925 — built for $5 million, nearly $90 million in today’s dollars. Back then, rooms cost just a few bucks a night with meals included.
According to The Peabody, some 250,000 people a year pack the Memphis hotel's lobby to see the famous ducks march to and from the fountain.
Every morning at 10:30, Kenon Walker rolls out a red carpet across the hotel lobby in preparation for the first performance of the day. Then he goes to the rooftop to fetch five ducks. Walker is the ...