There are 11 article(s) tagged Central Gardens:

• September 2023

  • The To-Do List: Gladys Knight, Cheap Trick and oodles of noodles

    This week, the dream of the 2000s is Live at the Garden, an art exhibition at Rhodes is in “conversation” with one at the Brooks and the weenies will be running in Germantown.

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry, Chris Herrington, Holly Whitfield September 07, 2023

• July 2023

  • Community, patriotism stars of Central Gardens Fourth of July parade

    “Each neighborhood in Memphis is so unique. This area is very charming in general and to be able to just walk down ... to this parade elevates July Fourth for us a little bit.”

    By Alicia Davidson July 05, 2023

• September 2022

  • The To-Do List: A Classic game, a weenie race and Backstreet’s back

    This week, decompress with a day-long yoga fest, drink wine in the name of science and jam out to Americana music at the Lucero Family Block Party.

    By Abigail Warren, Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Elle Perry September 08, 2022

• October 2021

  • Conaway: Walking through the ups and downs

    Nora and I started walking together when our youngest child, our son Gaines, started driving himself to school. That was 24 years ago. 

    By Dan Conaway October 29, 2021

• July 2020

  • Father and son team aim to transform building near Medical District

    A two-story commercial building at the seam of Central Gardens and the Medical District will soon become 18 units of luxury apartments.

    By Tom Bailey July 16, 2020

• February 2020

  • Oil change business can slide in next to historic district

    The Board of Adjustment approved on a 6-1 vote Valvoline Instant Oil Change's request to build at 1615 Union. The site is next to the Central Gardens residential historical district but also in a place already zoned for such vehicle-services businesses.

    By Tom Bailey February 26, 2020

  • Valvoline plan improves walking along Union, but draws stiff opposition

    A pedestrian-unfriendly section of Union Avenue with no curb, sidewalk or landscaping would be greatly improved if Valvoline is allowed to build an oil-change business there. But Midtowners have voiced stiff opposition because of the gritty nature of the business. 

    By Tom Bailey February 26, 2020

  • You can have a voice in future of Midtown

    There’s a small case about a Valvoline station before the city’s Board of Adjustment that represents a very big decision about how Midtown’s landscape will evolve.

    By Robert Gordon February 18, 2020

• September 2019

  • Central Gardens Home Tour still looks great in its early 40s

    Central Gardens in the mid-’70s might have been described as “shabby chic.” You could still buy something on Peabody or Lemaster for less than $50,000. Today, Realtor.com puts the median listing price in Central Gardens at $372,400.

    By Jill Johnson Piper September 06, 2019

• August 2019

  • Homes selected for Central Gardens tour

    Three new homes and three newly renovated houses will be featured in Central Garden’s Home and Garden Tour from 1-6 p.m., Sept. 8.

    By The Daily Memphian Staff August 19, 2019

• July 2019

  • RED, WHITE & BOOM!

    The Fourth ended with rockets blazing in the dark and independent bursts in neighborhoods that went late into the night.

    By Jane Roberts July 05, 2019