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To Live Again: A News-clipping History of the Sterick Building

Mark Fleischer April 8, 2023 No Comments Historic Preservation National Register of Historic Places Sterick Building

From the Memphis Room archives: A newspaper-clipping history of the “Queen of Memphis” Historic Sterick Building bought by local developer Midday Friday, March 31, the…

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Early History of The “U Club”

Mark Fleischer March 30, 2020 No Comments Bellevue Blvd Central Avenue Central Gardens Central Gardens Neighborhood Association Chickasaw Guards Club Clarence Saunders Cleveland Street Gayoso Hotel Lamar Avenue Midtown Napolean Hill mansion Nash Buckingham Pigeon Roost Road Piggly Wiggly Snowden Sterick Building Stories of a Neighborhood University Club

At the intersections of Cleveland Street, Central Avenue and Lamar Avenue, just outside of the Central Garden’s official western border, resides the University Club –…

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Skyline Reflections Old and New

Charlie Lambert October 2, 2018 4 Comments 100 North Main City of Memphis Dermon Building Downtown Architecture Downtown Memphis Exchange Building King Cotton Hotel Memphis Memphis Architecture Memphis Heritage Memphis Heritage Keystone Memphis Skyline One Beale Peabody Hotel Sears Crosstown Skyline Sterick Building

Landmarks Lost and Revived Memphis has about the most arcane, varied city skylines anywhere. Composed of half a dozen true high-rise buildings and a few…

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