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Defining Midtown is perhaps the key question of Memphis geography, in part because it helps define the rest of the core city. If Midtown is encased by Downtown, South Memphis, East Memphis and North Memphis — and maybe that’s debatable, too — then defining Midtown partly defines the rest.
“We have families and rights. To see the children, who were having a good time, crying and terrified, was horrible,” said organizer Jenna Dunn. “It lit a fire inside of me that was already burning.”
After weeks of violence, community members gather at the Cooper-Young Festival Saturday, Sept. 17, to celebrate “our diversity and beauty and our rich culture.”
The Memphis Landmarks Commission board approved plans for a Scooter’s Coffee drive-thru location at 1698 Poplar Ave.
The 10-unit subdivision will be on the back of the former Memphis Police Department precinct on Union.
This week’s Inked covers a Scooter’s Coffee Shop location, updates on Felicia Suzanne’s in South Main, a possible second location for Uncle Goyo’s Mexican Restaurant and the sale of part of the Germantown Parkway Parcels shopping center.
Flanagan, who is remembered for his signature shorts and flowered Hawaiian shirts, died June 15, ending a career that included involvement in the local Democratic Party’s executive committee as well as an organizer of the Midtown St. Patrick’s Day Pub Crawl.
This week’s Inked covers updates on the $65 million Butler Row development, pending changes to the Raymond James building, a new tenant at The Altana in Midtown and a new hotel in the South Main district.
By moving Eclectic Eye to Cooper Street and opening Paradox at PeCo next door, the Weinberg family is showing their commitment to Midtown.
The 176-unit @the Park apartment complex near Overton Park is scheduled to be completed this fall. Construction on the $22.25 million development near Sam Cooper Boulevard and East Parkway began in fall 2019.
“It’s so sad, because there were people there that had very severe handicaps,” said one former resident. “It was very difficult for them. They were almost homeless. And they were able to somehow gather the money to pay to move.”
Plans for redevelopment of the senior-living residence, located at 1914 Poplar Ave., were filed on April 7. The building’s new owner says residents and staff were notified in January of plans.
At Memphis’ new pinball pub, David Yopp will showcase a rotating group of machines — from his personal collection of around 70 games, dating from the mid-1970s to the present — for serious and casual players alike.
“We want it to be inviting,” Jack Dawson of LPI Memphis said of the former home of Bari Ristorante e Enoteca. “This is the entrance to the space. It needs to be worthy of that sort of greeting.”
If there’s anything we can take away from this last week, it’s that the Cooper-Young neighborhood, although it has its stable businesses and celebrations, is constantly evolving while maintaining its unique character.
The Council Scorecard follows the latest turn in the path of a mixed-use project on prime Midtown commercial real estate on Union Avenue. The council is concerned about approving the hotel before residential or retail permits are issued.
The Memphis Fire Department reached a new milestone Monday, Jan. 31, when it hosted a ribbon cutting ceremony for its new fire headquarters at its “fire campus” at 2670 Avery Ave.
The announcement was made by Councilwoman Michalyn Easter-Thomas during a recent annual Vollintine Evergreen Community Association meeting Saturday, Jan. 29.
The popular taco truck opens a fourth Memphis-area location, at a well-trafficked Midtown corner, while its owner plans a sit-down restaurant in Germantown.
The Memphis Police Department is still on scene investigating the crime.
The Midtown-based comic store closed for two months at the pandemic’s onset in the spring of 2020, then adjusted to its new reality.
After a streaming-only 2020, Gonerfest will bring punk and garage-rock bands and fans to town for an all-outdoor, fully vaccinated return festival, but will keep last year’s virtual option.
Two notable Memphis golf courses are in different stages of the renovation process and, once they are completed, both are likely to excite regular (and future) golfers.
Jennifer Biggs says that Flame Ramen is crowded, convenient at a well-traveled corner in Midtown and the food is fresh and MSG-free, but that comes at a cost.
The precinct site sold for $3.5 million after being appraised at $6 million, setting up a council debate about whether to take the best offer now or wait for a better one. Council approves centerpiece of Downtown parking reconfigurationRelated stories: