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History Neighborhoods

Beale Street: Home of … a Neighborhood

Tiara Campbell April 8, 2020 8 Comments Beale Street Downtown Memphis Historic District Historic Neighborhood Home of the Blues Memphis Memphis Heritage Keystone Memphis Housing Authority Stanley Booth Urban Renewal

NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD Today’s neon Home of the Blues district was once a thriving Memphis neighborhood By Tiara Campbell Beale Street is the Home of the…

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Historic Preservation

The Universal Life Insurance Building: Designing a Better Memphis

Margot Payne July 11, 2019 No Comments Adaptive Reuse Archie W. Willis Archie W. Willis Sr.Beale Street Danny Thomas Boulevard Downtown Memphis Dr. Joseph Edison Walker Egyptian Revival Fred L. Davis Historic Preservation Mark W. Bonner McKissack & McKissack Memphis Memphis Architecture Memphis Negro Chamber of Commerce Memphis Urban League Self + Tucker Architects Third and Beale Tri-State Bank ULICO Universal Life Insurance Building

“I can only surmise that the founders of Universal Life wanted to make a statement.” Juan Self, Self + Tucker Architects By Margot Payne “To…

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Opinion

Welcome to The Equitable Issue

Mark Fleischer April 6, 2019 No Comments Bathgate Avenue Beale Street Crotona Park East 175th Street East Tremont Federal Highway Funds Manhattan Mindy Fullilove Robert Moses Root Shock Slum Clearance The Bronx Third Avenue El Urban Renewal Vance-Pontotoc

“You never really know a man until you understand things from his point of view, until you climb into his skin and walk around in…

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Historic Preservation Neighborhoods

Memphis and Central Gardens During The Preservation Era

Mark Fleischer January 26, 2018 No Comments Beale Street Belvedere Blvd Carl Awsumb Central Avenue Central Gardens Central Gardens Area Association Central Gardens Neighborhood Association Charleston Cleveland Street Historic Conservation District Historic District Overlay Jim Williamson Memphis Landmarks Commission Midtown National Register of Historic Places National Trust for Historic Preservation New Orleans Rembert Street Union Avenue Vance Avenue

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…

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