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Union Avenue – Central Gardens’ Misunderstood Main Street

Mark Fleischer October 25, 2017 1 Comment 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Belvedere Blvd Central Avenue Central Gardens Central Gardens Neighborhood Association City Plan of Memphis Fortune's Drive-In Happy Day Laundry Idlewild Street Madison Avenue Main Street Marshall Avenue Memphis Memphis Street Railway Midtown Paul R. Coppock Pig 'n' Whistle Piggly Wiggly Poplar Avenue Rembert Street Rozelle Street Seessel's Stories of a Neighborhood Sun Studios Tennessee Union Avenue Willett Street World War II

Directly north of Central Gardens, Union Avenue has for generations served as its de facto Main Street. Today it is a mix of gas stations,…

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