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A Congregation’s Sense of Place

Margot Payne October 16, 2019 No Comments Dr. Paul Tudor Jones George Awsumb Gothic Church Idlewild Idlewild Presbyterian Idlewild Presbyterian Church Midtown Presbyterian Reverend Steve Montgomery Union Avenue

Cover photo by Fred Toma. NEIGHBORHOOD BOARD Idlewild’s Expansion Affirms Commitment to Community, Once Again By Margot Payne Midtown, Before Midtown When you think of…

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History Madison Avenue Then and Now

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 Walkable Neighborhood

This week, 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…

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Midtown Neighborhood Board Neighborhoods

Memphis, What’s Your Midtown?

Mark Fleischer February 15, 2018 2 Comments Binghamton Cleveland Street Commercial Appeal Cooper Street Crosstown Dunlap Street East End Park East Memphis Idlewild Lenox Madison Avenue Madison Heights Memphis Press-Scitimar Midtown Union Avenue

The 240 and the parkways. East Parkway, Lamar, Bellevue, Jackson. The 240-Vollintine-Hollywood-Southern. Defining Midtown’s geographic borders can be grounds for arguments that never end. No…

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