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…
Read More 1585 Central Ave: A House, And A City Council, At Odds With History, Part ITag: Central Gardens
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…
Read More Getting Central Gardens on the National Register “This Gracious Neighborhood”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…
Read More Memphis and Central Gardens During The Preservation EraA Decades-Long Gift From Central Gardens
Last December the Central Gardens communications committee sat down to discuss how they might honor the upcoming 2017 year, which would mark the 50th anniversary…
Read More A Decades-Long Gift From Central GardensCentral Gardens – A Neighborhood Constitution
A Neighborhood Constitution An early thanks for Thanksgiving, it came into my hands from the hands of a friend and fellow board member. “You might…
Read More Central Gardens – A Neighborhood ConstitutionCentral Gardens – An Iconic Corner Tests Neighborhood Guidelines
Next month’s 41st Annual Home & Garden Tour starts out from the historic Beethoven Club, at the northwest corner of Peabody and McLean, and for…
Read More Central Gardens – An Iconic Corner Tests Neighborhood GuidelinesLandmarking, Preserving, and Conserving Neighborhoods
This month, in honor of the upcoming Home and Garden Tour September 10, Central Gardens is exploring the dual efforts in the 1980s and 90s…
Read More Landmarking, Preserving, and Conserving NeighborhoodsNew Waring Sewer System Salvages The Future
By Aaron Klimek, with Mark Fleischer (a version of this story appears in May’s Central Gardens eNews) This month’s newsletter references the Standard History of Memphis,…
Read More New Waring Sewer System Salvages The FutureCentral Gardens’ History – Innovation Secures the Neighborhood’s Renaissance
This month’s Central Gardens newsletter explores the important role private security services played in the late 1970s that allowed the neighborhood to continue to flourish…
Read More Central Gardens’ History – Innovation Secures the Neighborhood’s RenaissanceCentral Gardens’ History – Part II of A Neighborhood Association Born Out Of Activism
This month’s Central Gardens newsletter explores the 1975 turning-point decision that took the Central Gardens Neighborhood Association into the waning decades of the twentieth century.…
Read More Central Gardens’ History – Part II of A Neighborhood Association Born Out Of Activism