NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD By Mark Fleischer In mid-1970s Memphis, after two decades of white flight when the physical center of Memphis felt closer to Poplar and…
Read More A Preview of The Central Gardens Home Tour, the Annual Revival & Walk Thru of Midtown HistoryCategory: Neighborhoods
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Midtown, Are You On The Map?
You should be – sign up today! Just $35 for a business listing; $60 for listing and logo placement; $350 to be a neighborhood sponsor;…
Read More Midtown, Are You On The Map?Soaring Past Dogwood Drive
By Ron Buck Stuart slipped into the mineral room and switched on the black light’s ultraviolet rays. The jagged, translucent, crystalline forms in the display instantly glowed…
Read More Soaring Past Dogwood DriveMidtown Alleys: Their Long, Functional, Hard-to-Research History
With Peter Pace and Aaron Klimek The alley. The term bring images to mind of darkness and shadows, the unknown between streets, lone figures walking…
Read More Midtown Alleys: Their Long, Functional, Hard-to-Research HistoryEast Memphis Subdivisions – The Village
Like most other cities around the country, the 1920s were boom years for Memphis. Not only were major structures being erected vertically downtown, such as…
Read More East Memphis Subdivisions – The VillageGetting Central Gardens on the National Register “This Gracious Neighborhood”
As a follow-up to both the Neighborhood Improvement Plan and the establishment of the Memphis Landmarks Commission in 1975, the city embarked on a survey…
Read More Getting Central Gardens on the National Register “This Gracious Neighborhood”Memphis and Central Gardens During The Preservation Era
Twenty-five years ago, in April of 1993, the Central Gardens Neighborhood gained unanimous approval from the Memphis City Council in becoming the city’s ninth Historic…
Read More Memphis and Central Gardens During The Preservation EraA Decades-Long Gift From Central Gardens
Last December the Central Gardens communications committee sat down to discuss how they might honor the upcoming 2017 year, which would mark the 50th anniversary…
Read More A Decades-Long Gift From Central GardensCentral Gardens – A Neighborhood Constitution
A Neighborhood Constitution An early thanks for Thanksgiving, it came into my hands from the hands of a friend and fellow board member. “You might…
Read More Central Gardens – A Neighborhood ConstitutionWhy Cooper-Young Needs to Landmark – And Now
This Thursday, August 24, residents and community leaders of the Cooper-Young neighborhood will convene to cast their votes for or against an application for inclusion…
Read More Why Cooper-Young Needs to Landmark – And Now