There are 40 article(s) tagged Broad Avenue Arts District:

• April 2025

  • Tad Pierson on how the highway is his home

    Indoor Trailer Park creator and tire artist Tad Pierson’s latest installation will span along Mississippi Boulevard from E.H. Crump Boulevard to South Parkway. 

    By Eric Barnes April 18, 2025

  • Falling Into Place: Broad Avenue shop closing, but the future is sweet

    “There’s nothing sad about any of this,” Falling Into Place owner Mary Claire White said. “I feel really, really good about what I’ve done for 10 years. I’m excited to focus on the next thing.”

    By Sophia Surrett April 03, 2025

• December 2024

  • Beer or THC tonight? Buds & Brews offers both on Broad

    Nashville-based Buds & Brews is opening its first restaurant in Memphis, its third in Tennessee. 

    By Sophia Surrett December 13, 2024

• December 2023

  • One last ride: Popular skate park Society Memphis will close Dec. 31

    Society Memphis was built inside a warehouse at 583 Scott St. as an ambitious project to create a space where diverse passions could converge.

    By Aisling Mäki December 24, 2023

• October 2023

  • Inked: Plans for townhomes at Union Station, shops in Binghampton

    According to an application filed on behalf of Memphis-based High Mountain Investments, the developer plans to bring retail stores, as well as a coffee shop, to the Broad Avenue Arts District.

    By Rob Moore October 25, 2023

• September 2023

  • Sweet Aroma opens dessert studio in Broad Avenue Arts District

    The 1,200-square-foot dessert studio, now open at 501 N. Hollywood St., is designed like an art studio, where customers can decorate cookies, cupcakes and cakes. 

    By Sophia Surrett September 23, 2023

• July 2023

  • The To-Do List: Break-Up Show returns, Christmas comes early

    This week, Cyrena Wages is at the Grove, Anthony Q is at The Green Room and you can make wishes at the Memphis Botanic Garden.

    By Bianca Phillips, Holly Whitfield, Kelsey Bowen, Jada Ojii July 07, 2023

• April 2023

  • The To-Do List: Swing at the Shell, jazz at Crosstown and what to do for Easter

    This week, Amy Dang blends South Asian sounds with contemporary pop, sci-fi fans gather at Midtown Con 2 and the Harlem Globetrotters bring basketball back to FedExForum. 

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington April 07, 2023

• November 2022

  • The To-Do List: Downtown has a field day, and Bigfoot stomps in one last time

    This week, The PRLVG plays a free happy hour show, Visible Music College students drum for 24 hours and coffee lovers perk up at the Grind City Coffee Xpo. 

    By Bianca Phillips, Elle Perry November 03, 2022

• October 2022

  • The To-Do List: Wattstax, Weird Al, ‘Pretty Woman’ and Nasty Women

    This week, original members of The 24-Carat Black stop at Stax, the Broad Avenue Arts District gets a “Paint Memphis” makeover and soul legend Mavis Staples plays GPAC.

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington, Jasmine McCraven, Judaea Driscoll October 07, 2022

  • More than 150 artists prepare to ‘Paint Memphis’

    Each year, Paint Memphis invites artists from around the country to join local and regional artists to create murals in blighted or disinvested areas in Memphis.

    By Jasmine McCraven October 05, 2022

• March 2022

  • The To-Do List: Belated Mardi Gras, Broad’s First Fridays and Sidney Poitier on the big screen

    This week, “La Cages aux Folles” opens at Theatre Memphis, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown reads at the University of Memphis, Railgarten hosts a belated Mardi Gras party and Broad Avenue’s First Fridays are back with “March Madness.”

    By Bianca Phillips, Chris Herrington March 03, 2022

• October 2021

  • New Eats: Sugar Ghost brings fresh, local ice cream to Broad Avenue

    All of the ice creams are made from scratch, in-house, with soft serve, dipped cones, milkshakes and bubble tea also on the menu.

    By Chris Herrington October 26, 2021

• September 2021

  • Another bright sign appears for Summer Avenue’s future

    The Luciann theater building just took a big step in returning to its glory days, long before its more recent history as an adult entertainment business.

    By Tom Bailey September 16, 2021

• July 2021

  • Street Food: Sugar Ghost brings bubble tea, and soon ice cream, to Broad Ave.

    Mary Claire White has long sold jewelry and candles in the Broad Avenue Arts District. With Sugar Ghost, she’s brought bubble tea to the neighborhood, and has an ice cream shop coming soon.

    By Chris Herrington July 19, 2021

• June 2021

  • Link Apartments Broad Ave. starts to rise

    The project is big and potentially impactful, comprising two buildings fronting Broad and filled with 370 apartments.

    By Tom Bailey June 30, 2021

  • Townhouses with functional art planned for Broad gateway

    A developer plans to build 15 townhouses and dual-purpose public art on another acre of Midtown’s abandoned I-40 property.

    By Tom Bailey June 18, 2021

  • Braking the pumps: Planners advise against another Memphis gas station

    Memphis already has six gas stations per 10,000 residents, 50% above the U.S. average. But the Department of Planning & Development cited even more reasons why a C-store with gas should not be built at Sam Cooper at Tillman.

    By Tom Bailey June 09, 2021

• April 2021

  • Proposed Binghampton business includes ‘multi-architectural’ features

    A developer has unusually elaborate plans for a convenience store with gas at the long-vacant corner of Sam Cooper Boulevard and Tillman Street. 

    By Tom Bailey April 09, 2021

• November 2020

  • Broad Ave. water tower being strengthened to withstand demolition below

    Link Apartments Broad Avenue will comprise two buildings totaling 370 units. But before it is built, a large, old warehouse must be demolished. 

    By Tom Bailey November 13, 2020

• September 2020

  • Demolition to clear way for huge Link at Broad apartments

    Heavy equipment is already in position on Broad to start demolishing an old warehouse next month. The work will clear 8.8 acres so vertical construction can start about April on the first, $50 million phase of the 350-unit Link at Broad Apartments.

    By Tom Bailey September 28, 2020

  • Zoning board denies variance for convenience store

    The Board of Adjustment denied a variance to allow a convenience store and gas station at site flanked by Sam Cooper Boulevard, Hollywood and Broad Avenue.

    By Wayne Risher September 24, 2020

• August 2020

  • Case for proposed Broad Avenue convenience store may be delayed again

    An issue involving delivery-truck access for an adjacent business will likely again delay the review by the Board of Adjustment of a proposal to build a convenience store with fuel at the corner of Broad and Hollywood.

    By Tom Bailey August 24, 2020

  • Paper & Clay plans move to South Main, seeks renovation grant

    The maker and retailer of modern-design ceramic products is growing and needs more space. Paper & Clay will move into a building vacated by the closing of Bumpus Harley-Davidson on South Main.

    By Tom Bailey August 12, 2020

  • The Memphis 10: Policing – and walking – in Memphis (and more)

    Some find it galling that the City Council pulled back a public referendum on the police residency question. I dunno, I’d say the point of representative democracy is to elect officials and ask them to deliberate and make informed judgments.

    By Chris Herrington August 06, 2020