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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Central Gardens Home Tour: Carr, Vinton, and Melrose Showcase Six Stunning Homes
Central Gardens Announces 47th Annual Home & Garden Tour; Set for Sunday September 10th The organizers of the highly anticipated 47th Annual CGA Home &…
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The Dogs Are Running The Show
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…
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Early History of The “U Club”
At the intersections of Cleveland Street, Central Avenue and Lamar Avenue, just outside of the Central Garden’s official western border, resides the University Club –…
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Central Gardens’ Historic Inventory to be Updated for a New Decade
A long-overdue update to the National Historic Register for the Central Gardens Historic District to begin in 2020 HISTORIC NEIGHBORHOOD PRESERVATION By Mark Fleischer “I…
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A Preview of The Central Gardens Home Tour, the Annual Revival & Walk Thru of Midtown History
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…
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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;…
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1585 Central Ave: A House, And A City Council, At Odds With History, Part I
2018 marks Central Garden’s twenty-fifth year as a Historic Overlay District under the jurisdictional protections of the Memphis Landmarks Commission. For this two-part installment, we…
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Getting 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…
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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…
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