Midtown apartments added to National Register
The apartments, which were located near streetcar lines, retail and restaurants, were designed to attract middle-class workers moving to the city from nearby rural areas.
Topic: Midtown
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July 2021
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May 2021
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‘Sputnik’ sign returns to spin at Joe’s Wines in Midtown
The Roto-Sphere has been repaired and reinstalled in front of Joe’s Wines & Liquor in Midtown.
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The Memphian surrounds its ‘pilgrims’ with color and art
The Memphian in Overton Square has just opened. Inside, the place is as much a lively, luminous art gallery as a hotel.
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April 2021
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Midtown’s Lululemon Pop Up store closes
The Lululemon Pop Up store in Midtown, which opened last year as the pandemic spread, has closed.
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About Town: Return of Shell shows promise for musicians, audiences
For the Levitt Shell, a series of spring and summer fundraising shows — featuring Memphis-area bands — hope to usher free shows in during the fall.
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March 2021
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Smoke shop OK’d to open in ‘least favorite case’ ever
A planned tobacco shop will be allowed to open near Snowden School, but the owner must provide sales documents after the first three months proving that he’s not running a vapor shop, the Board of Adjustment voted.
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February 2021
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Michigan grocery business looks to Midtown Memphis location
Michigan-based Gordon Food Service — which caters both to restaurants and the food-service industry as well as the general public — has stores in Nashville and Knoxville but none yet in Memphis.
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January 2021
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Local group buys two office buildings on Poplar, plans upgrades
The investors who own the building housing RockHouse Live (formerly Poplar Lounge) have just bought the two ragged, midrise office buildings that flank the bar near Midtown. Immediate plans are to make improvements to woo more tenants back, but long-range plans may include demolition and a new hotel.
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Overton Golf Course closes Monday for reconstruction
Overton Park golf course may be jammed this weekend with golfers playing one last round before the nine-hole track closes until the fall. The course is being redesigned and rebuilt.
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Designers share vision for Overton golf on walking tour
So far, $2 million of the $2.5 million goal has been raised to rebuild Overton Park golf course and renovate its Abe Goodman Clubhouse.
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December 2020
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Commercial space, townhouses planned for Cooper-Young
The firm’s plans for 2197 Central is just a block east of a much larger mixed-use development that is planned by another developer.
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Stores abuzz as uncertainty surrounds Health Department order
Shoppers grabbed holiday essentials and last-minute items as a Safer at Home order looms.
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Calkins: You probably didn’t know Jimmy Thomasson — but you should
Jimmy Thomasson led a quiet life in Midtown. When he died, a stunning outpouring of tributes revealed just how many people he touched by being the best neighbor anyone could want.
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Sonder Luxury Suites drawn to The Citizen’s location, customer base
The co-owners of Sonder Luxury Suites not only liked The Citizen’s location and vibe, they loved the built-in customer base living in its 173 apartments.
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November 2020
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Free, drive-thru flu shots coming to Midtown, Germantown
Local health officials have been encouraging residents to get flu vaccinations. Next month, a free, drive-thru option is coming to Midtown and Germantown.
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City envisions selling Midtown property for big-impact development
The City of Memphis is taking extra time to write a request for proposals for bidders on its 4.5 acres at 1925 Union. City Hall wants not just a high bid, but a “highest and best” use that can be felt from Downtown to the University of Memphis.
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October 2020
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Kroger sells vacant land in Washington Bottoms
Kroger did build a fuel center on the north end of the site, but just sold the other, still-undeveloped 17.3 acres for $2.6 million.
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For sale: Historic synagogue site filled with memories and marble
Built 65 years ago for the Baron Hirsch Synagogue and sold 28 years ago to a Church of God in Christ jurisdiction, the historic property at 1740 Vollintine is up for sale for only the second time.
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Cooper Young runners rev for fun
Even though the Cooper Young Festival was canceled this year due to coronavirus restrictions, the annual four-miler race went on.
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September 2020
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Opinion: Two lives tragically, suddenly lost
Until Diana Farr and Barbara Watts were killed in a crash on Interstate 40, it was unclear how big their family really was.
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Madison@McLean turns corner, with geography a key amenity
New residents of Midtown's Madison@McLean Apartments are expected to begin moving in by December.
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August 2020
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Residences named for Marilyn Monroe, JFK stand nearly side by side in Midtown
The Kennedy is separated by just one house from The Marilyn on Monroe. It's a developing story.
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City prepares to sell huge property in heart of Midtown
Developers will have a rare opportunity to buy 4.5 acres with 100 yards of frontage on Union Avenue. But in seeking bids, city officials say they want the "best" use, not simply the highest dollar amount.
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May 2020
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Lululemon coming to Midtown
The athletic-apparel chain will open its second, Memphis-area store at the southwest corner of Central and Cooper. The 111-year-old building last housed Toad Hall Antiques.
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Herrington: Reopening? We’ll wait and see
The city and county can loosen restrictions, but a tour of Midtown and Downtown neighborhoods shows businesses and potential customers still have decisions to make.
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