“Selfie” homes help highlight the neighborhood’s diverse architectural styles, hidden gems and landmarks alike Jim Williamson, in his introduction to the neighborhood’s architectural guide Central…
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Home Tour Detour: Central Gardens goes digital for 2020
‘Tour Detour’ dials back into a rich archive for a clever, ‘selfie’-guided way to enjoy the neighborhood’s historic homes beginning Sunday, September 13 and running…
View More Home Tour Detour: Central Gardens goes digital for 2020Lost Memphis: The Norfleet Home
The home, which stood at the southwest corner of Central and Roland in Central Gardens, was one of the largest and most unique ever constructed…
View More Lost Memphis: The Norfleet HomeEarly 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 a neighborhood anchor and…
View More Early History of The “U Club”If You’re Out, Look Up: Midtown’s Arboretums, Canopies of Trees Return
Deciduous Distancing need not apply as the weather warms up This spring, we are all hopefully doing our best to practice Safer at Home and…
View More If You’re Out, Look Up: Midtown’s Arboretums, Canopies of Trees ReturnSwooning Over Squeaky Floors
NEIGHBORHOOD STORIES By Candace Echols It was the smell of root beer brewing in the basement. Or at least that’s what they told her. …
View More Swooning Over Squeaky FloorsYes Folks, Fall Is Coming
NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD By Candace Echols Soon, very soon, a morning is going to come and it will bring with it something delightful. We will all…
View More Yes Folks, Fall Is ComingA 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…
View More A Preview of The Central Gardens Home Tour, the Annual Revival & Walk Thru of Midtown History1585 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…
View More 1585 Central Ave: A House, And A City Council, At Odds With History, Part I“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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