The Dark Intentions of Midtown’s Cryptid The Pacific Northwest has Sasquatch, Scotland has Nessie, and Midtown Memphis, for a few weeks in February 1927, had…
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Arrow unveils a happening, energetic, and spectacular new space for creatives
With a grand opening this Saturday, September 18, Arrow Creative brings the spirit of the Memphis College of Art back to Midtown Masked or unmasked,…
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MidtownMemphis.org sets out to improve a neglected corner at Avalon and Madison
A popular strip mall on one side, a vast parking lot for the ever-popular Cash Saver on the other. Murphy’s Pub on one corner, the…
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Arrow Creative unveils new home, off ‘Creative’ Central
This week StoryBoard got a sneak peek and tour of Arrow Creative’s new artist studio space and marketplace at 653 Philadelphia Street, just south of…
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Arriving and leaving, it wasn’t his dream
By Mark Allen Scott The first week of May has always been important in our household. It’s a birthday of sorts. Actually, two birthdays. Both…
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Thanks for the memories Bhan Thai
A faithful patron says goodbye to a beloved Midtown staple By Mark Parsell Bhan Thai would have celebrated 19 years before it’s announced closing last…
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Sneak peek: inside the Cooper-Young Garden Walk
Recently StoryBoard got a sneak peek into this year’s Cooper-Young Garden Walk. Don’t miss out! May 15-16, 2021. Tickets at Cooper-Young Garden Club: https://www.cooperyounggardenclub.org Or…
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‘It’s Too Late to Tinker’ With Expressway Route
In the year of its 50th anniversary, a look back at the headlines, development and lingering aftermath of the epic, 1971 Citizens to Preserve Overton…
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Your Memphis Memories: ‘It’s Too Late To Tinker’ With Expressway Route
Feature image from the Memphis Press-Scimitar editorial page on March 7, 1968, three years before the Supreme Court decision (Memphis Public Library) The focal point…
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A Park for the People
Brooks Lamb tells the history of Overton Park through the eyes of Memphians Originally published by Chapter16 February 21, 2019 By Aram Goudsouzian, for Chapter16.org…
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