Council plans to turn block of Monroe into ‘Hyde Family Way’
An aerial view shows construction of the Memphis Brooks Museum's new Downtown home in June 2025. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
The council will take the first of three votes later this month on changing the name of the street between the new Memphis Art Museum and the Cossitt Library.
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