A History of Memphis’ Most Maligned Street INTRODUCTION Union Avenue. The very name strikes shudders and grumblings among drivers, pedestrians and business owners alike. Today’s…
View More Union Avenue Anthology. Introduction: Whatever Happened to Union Avenue?
With spikes in pandemic, Cooper Young board cancels 33rd festival to protect community health and safety. It seemed almost a forgone conclusion, the canceling of…
View More “Our beloved CYFest has been canceled. See you in 2021.”
Editor’s note: Originally published July 1, 2019, this little gem of an article, which seems to harken back to a bygone era, was written by…
View More The Dogs Are Running The Show
Love List days 50 and 59 By Brantley Ellzey Villa Belleair Day 59 February 28. I was driving east on Poplar yesterday enjoying the first…
View More Love List 2020, Days 50 & 59: Ellfrow and Villa Belleair
Feature image: A Craftsman Bungalow-style home with ornate spiral pillars in Vollintine-Evergreen. VECA is seeking a landmarks designation for the V&E area to preserve its…
View More Vollintine-Evergreen seeks landmark designation to preserve its unique history and aesthetic
The City of Memphis and the Memphis Area Transit Authority (MATA) have unveiled the proposed plans for the new Memphis Innovation Corridor, a bus rapid…
View More The new Memphis Innovation Corridor: Virtual public meetings & public input thru June 30
By Brantley Ellzey In October 1968, the architects and married couple Denise Scott Brown and Robert Venturi, along with Steven Izenour and twelve Yale architecture…
View More Love List 2020, Day 32: Modernism & the “decorated shed”
“It becomes an equity issue. We can’t forget that for a very long time there was a large segment of the population that was excluded…
View More SB 30 Episode 50: A park for all Memphians, with Overton Park Conservancy’s Tina Sullivan
Greater partnership seen as way to safeguard center’s mission and commitment to Binghamton The April 10 pandemic-related closure of Caritas Community Center and Café, which…
View More Caritas to stay closed for summer, restructure, open kitchen to food entrepreneurs
MidtownMemphis.org supports Six Midtown neighborhood organizations that stand in opposition of a proposal that “does not conform with Memphis 3.0 recommendations” MidtownMemphis.org is in support…
View More MidtownMemphis.org: We Oppose a ‘Transitional Home Use’ for 1309, 1317 and 1319 Jackson Avenue