“We’re completely outraged…” It was the summer of 1992. For Midtowners who had quietly filed out of council chambers after a July 28 meeting at…
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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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A 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…
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Why Cooper-Young Needs to Landmark – And Now
This Thursday, August 24, residents and community leaders of the Cooper-Young neighborhood will convene to cast their votes for or against an application for inclusion…
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