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History Neighborhoods

Union Avenue – Central Gardens’ Once-Beloved Main Street

Mark Fleischer November 16, 2023 1 Comment 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Belvedere Blvd Central Avenue Central Gardens Central Gardens Neighborhood Association City Plan of Memphis Fortune's Drive-In Happy Day Laundry Idlewild Street Madison Avenue Main Street Marshall Avenue Memphis Memphis Street Railway Midtown Paul R. Coppock Pig 'n' Whistle Piggly Wiggly Poplar Avenue Rembert Street Rozelle Street Seessel's Stories of a Neighborhood Sun Studios Tennessee Union Avenue Willett Street World War II

This story was originally published in October, 2017 Directly north of Central Gardens, Union Avenue has for generations served as its de facto Main Street.…

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History Planning & Urbanism

Mud Island: A History Part I

Josh Whitehead June 19, 2018 2 Comments 1950s 1960s Hernando de Soto Bridge I-240 I-40 Loosahatchie River M Bridge Memphis Memphis Downtown Airport Mud Island Mud Island Monorail Register of Deeds Wolf River Wolf River Channel

Editor’s Note: Mud Island has seen its fair share of news lately, as Tennessee’s State Building Commission’s executive subcommittee approved the addition of Mud Island and…

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History

Evolution Of Madison At McLean

Mark Fleischer March 23, 2018 No Comments 1950s Idlewild Idlewild Theatre Italian Restaurants Madison Avenue McLean Blvd Midtown Mixed-Use Movie Theater Pure Oil Walkability

The week of March 19, 2018, the Midtown Nursery and the old Idlewild Theater were razed to pave way for a proposed mid-city-type 5-story apartment…

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