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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Planning & Development: Board of Adjustment Applications for June 21, 2023
This month’s Board of Adjustment applications include parking and site alterations at the Biltmore and McAlpin apartment buildings at 1812 and 1820 Madison Avenue in…
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Memphis, What’s Your Midtown?
A debate as old as the area itself, defining its geographic borders remains as elusive as ever (Originally written in the fall of 2018; updated…
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S.C. Toof: A Memphis Institution
This article originally appeared in Volume I, Issue II of StoryBoard Memphis Quarterly in March 2022. From its founding in 1864 to the present, Memphis-based printing company,…
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East End Park: Memphis’s First Amusement Park
East End Park has a mythical quality about it. Where was it? When was it? Are you sure that it was in Memphis? Was there a roller coaster there,…
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MidtownMemphis.org sets out to improve a neglected corner at Avalon and Madison
A popular strip mall on one side, a vast parking lot for the ever-popular Cash Saver on the other. Murphy’s Pub on one corner, the…
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Evolution Of Madison At McLean
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 5-story apartment…
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1726 Madison Ave, Memphis – An Unexpected Entertainment Connection
History can surprise us. And Memphis is one of those places whose history can reveal connections that are downright head-shaking. Every dive into Memphis history…
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“Madison is one of the last, walkable streets of its kind that we have left.” That’s what June West of Memphis Heritage told me when…
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