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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Memphis Innovation Corridor: more public feedback encouraged
Updates & pop-ups, more concept plans revealed, and more public feedback encouraged This week, more design concept plans of the new Memphis Innovation Corridor were…
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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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Reimagining the Highland Heights United Methodist Church: The Heights CDC now accepting design proposals
Design proposals due by Friday, February 26, 2020 Standing at the northwest corner of Summer & Highland is the former Highland Heights United Methodist Church…
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Arrow Creative Announces New Permanent Location
New location off Central Ave in Midtown promises to create a ‘Creative Central’ in the heart of the city Arrow Creative, a non-profit organization dedicated…
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BLDG Memphis Appoints Deveney Perry Executive Director
BLDG Memphis (Build. Live. Develop. Grow.), a coalition for organizations and individuals who support the development and redevelopment of healthy, vibrant, attractive and economically sustainable neighborhoods throughout…
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Tributes: Tommy Pacello
Editor’s Note: My thoughts echo what Tom Jones so eloquently says here, that some deaths make the world stop. Like many in Memphis, I knew…
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Thru Nov. 30, Overton Park Conservancy seeks public input with park’s east side “Zone 1” planning effort
This month, the Overton Park Conservancy (OPC) is asking for public input as the group continues the comprehensive planning effort that began in 2018. “It’s…
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A Vision for the Nylon Net Building, #7 Vance
UPDATED 11/10: With a demolition permit now filed, StoryBoard joins the building’s former owner to discuss the building and imagines possible re-uses for it UPDATED:…
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De-Listed = De-Struction: Investment in the Pinch Must Utilize What’s Left of Its Past
Just one more demolition threatens the entire district – and the investments of developers eligible for tax credits waiting to improve or stabilize their properties.…
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