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‘ANARCHY IN MEMPHIS’ Looking Back At The Infamous 1978 Fire (and Police) Department Strikes

Mark Fleischer July 5, 2023 2 Comments 1978 1978 Fire Department Strike Beale Street Cooper Street Downtown Memphis Elvis Elvis Presley Empty Lots Fire Firefighters Mayor Wyeth Chandler Memphis Memphis Development Foundation Memphis Police Department Strike The Orpheum Theatre Vance Avenue Vance-Pontotoc

A half-mile away, a two-alarm blaze was consuming the library on Vance. Once known as the “colored branch,” the Vance Library was the prime repository…

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Historic Preservation Neighborhoods

Memphis and Central Gardens During The Preservation Era

Mark Fleischer January 26, 2018 No Comments Beale Street Belvedere Blvd Carl Awsumb Central Avenue Central Gardens Central Gardens Area Association Central Gardens Neighborhood Association Charleston Cleveland Street Historic Conservation District Historic District Overlay Jim Williamson Memphis Landmarks Commission Midtown National Register of Historic Places National Trust for Historic Preservation New Orleans Rembert Street Union Avenue Vance Avenue

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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