There are 32 article(s) tagged Midtown:
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.
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.
Valvoline Instant Oil Change seeks two zoning variances so it can build on Union in Midtown.
Starbucks has recently tightened access to bathrooms and installed needle-disposal boxes at some of its core-Memphis coffee shops.
Two apartment developments totaling 487 units and more than $73 million in construction costs are about to rise next to a well-known Midtown bar and the city's 4,500-acre park.
How should historic Midtown respond to modern architecture as infill development occurs?
A locally owned seafood restaurant that opened in Cordova a year ago will soon open a second location in Midtown.
The state's first rainbow crosswalk has been unveiled in Cooper-Young.
The Crosstown area of Madison Avenue will have a different, more pedestrian-friendly feel and look now that a four-story, mixed-use development has been approved to rise on what is now a surface parking lot.
Developer will raze blighted, century-old building and build seven apartments and and retail space across from Snowden School.
The Downtown Memphis Commission voted 6-3 Friday, Oct. 18, to uphold its Design Review Board's approval of the design of Peabody Falls apartments in Midtown.
A mixed-use development of seven apartment units and 750 square feet of retail is proposed for 569 N. McLean, across from Snowden School.
A developer plans to build a four-story building with 108 apartments and ground-floor retail in what is now a parking lot at 1270 Madison, across from Southern College of Optometry.
ArchInc designed the soon-to-open Starbucks on busy Union Avenue to be like none other in the Memphis area. The building is especially friendly to pedestrians.
Construction crews are finishing the exterior of the $35 million development of apartments and commercial space in the heart of Midtown while residents move in.
Some neighbors surrounding a proposed apartment building off Peabody Avenue have concerns about height, but in a zoning district that allows multifamily construction, the developer has the right to build it three stories high.
Takashi will fill the space vacated by Pei Wei Asian Diner in the Belvedere Collection shopping center on Union.
The developers of a townhouse project in Cooper-Young presented four different site plans to residents, saying fewer units will mean higher prices.
Developers have changed the architecture of what will be called the Memphian Hotel in Overton Square. The latest look appears more timeless, with fewer contrasting colors.
A planned, three-story building will house a restaurant or offices on the ground floor and three studio apartments on each of the top two levels.
An aging apartment complex on Peabody Avenue is under contract to be bought, renovated and joined by a 30-unit addition.
Sixteen new, Midtown homes that replace those demolished a half-century ago for the ill-fated Interstate 40 corridor have been sold in under 18 months.
Consider the difference between a planned community such as Seaside, Florida, and an overdone Disney sequel. We can simply look to our neighbors in Nashville to see what an overdone sequel looks like in an urban environment.
New and planned townhouse buildings that dwarf surrounding homes have angered Midtown residents, but the developer, architect and city planners say it meshes with the neighborhood and a future of sustainability.
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