Century Building would be razed for car wash

By Tom Bailey, Daily Memphian Published: November 28, 2018 9:17 AM CT

<strong>A car wash company proposes to demolish the 58-year-old Century Building at 3294 Poplar.</strong> (Tom Bailey/Daily Memphian) — **A car wash company proposes to demolish the 58-year-old Century Building at 3294 Poplar.** (Tom Bailey/Daily Memphian)

A familiar East Memphis office building, with its script “Century Building" sign in front and mechanized, louvered windows on the sides, is proposed to be demolished and replaced with a car wash.

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Tom Bailey covers business news for The Daily Memphian. A Tupelo, Mississippi, native, he graduated from Mississippi State University. He's worked in journalism for 40 years and has lived in Midtown for 36 years.

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