There are 10 article(s) tagged Union Avenue:

• September 2024

  • City Council burns Whataburger, gives RaceTrac green light

    The Memphis City Council vetoed a fast-food restaurant development on Union Avenue, but allowed a hotel and townhomes to continue.

    By Bill Dries September 24, 2024

  • Echols: Who are we without wonder?

    “We don’t ask to be born and are given absolutely no say in the matter. We don’t get to choose our era, our families, our location of birth. One day, we’re just aware that we are and it takes effort to believe that all of human life and existence didn’t start the very same moment I did.”

    By Candace Echols September 22, 2024

• April 2024

  • Whataburger eyeing former Midtown police station site

    The proposed Whataburger would include a drive-thru and outdoor patio, but the original, 2022 plan for the site said no drive-thru restaurants would be allowed there without approval from the Land Use Control Board and Memphis City Council. 

    By Sophia Surrett April 02, 2024

• May 2023

  • ‘Zebra crosswalk’ brings more visibility to local pedestrians

    “We live in a very distracted world ... This is kind of a fun and silly way to get that serious messaging out,” said Sydney Sepulveda of the Memphis Medical District Collaborative.

    By Alicia Davidson May 09, 2023

• December 2021

  • With enrollment falling, SWTCC drops Downtown expansion

    Southwest Tennessee Community College is focusing on rebuilding its enrollment after a 24% drop during the COVID-19 pandemic.

    By Tom Bailey December 14, 2021

• October 2021

  • Land Use Control Board approves Union Ave. development

    Union Station would combine residential and retail with a hotel along 100 yards of desirable Union Avenue frontage at the former police station site.

    By Rob Moore October 14, 2021

• December 2020

  • Slim & Husky’s to open on Union Avenue

    The Nashville-based pizza chain that serves Black culture, art and community as well as pizza expands into Memphis on Dec. 16 when a Slim & Husky’s opens at 634 Union.

    By Tom Bailey December 07, 2020

• February 2020

  • You can have a voice in future of Midtown

    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.

    By Robert Gordon February 18, 2020

• June 2019

  • Demolition removes more of old Midtown shopping center

    Two small pads for freestanding buildings will be built where the middle of a 99-year-old strip shopping center is being razed.

    By Tom Bailey June 12, 2019

• January 2019

  • Union Avenue block to get median, bike lanes, landscaping

    The city has plans to add a median strip, bike lanes and landscaping on the block of Union Avenue between Marshall and Manassas streets. The changes will connect with a longer stretch of road on Manassas that is something of a proving ground for lots of similar features.

    By Bill Dries January 12, 2019