There are 10 article(s) tagged midtown memphis:

• April 2025

  • Memphis 3.0: Midtown residents divided on future land use map

    MidtownMemphis.org is encouraging residents to speak out against Memphis 3.0’s future land use map, but other residents say the city’s zoning plan will be beneficial.

    By Dima Amro April 07, 2025

• September 2024

  • Cooper-Young festivalgoers come out rain or shine

    For a typical Cooper-Young Festival, organizers anticipate crowds of 125,000 or more with more than 400 vendors. For the 35th annual event this year, the threat of rain and perhaps football depressed early attendance.

    By Jody Callahan September 14, 2024

• June 2024

  • Midtown Whataburger rejected; U of M area gas station approved

    The development was originally approved under the condition that no drive-thru restaurants would be allowed. 

    By Aisling Mäki June 16, 2024

• November 2023

  • Armed man’s march through Midtown underlines permitless carry’s effects

    An armed man’s stroll on Peabody Avenue near Cooper Street forced two schools to increase security measures on Monday. What he did was legal, and the ordeal drew attention to Tennessee’s lenient gun laws.

    By Ian Round November 29, 2023

• August 2023

  • Memphis’ oldest dry cleaner installs automated kiosks

    Drake Cleaners soft-launched a new self-serve kiosk system with a touch screen and deposit box that allows customers to drop off their garments in under two minutes. 

    By Aisling Mäki August 07, 2023

• December 2022

  • ‘It’s the giraffe man!’: Longtime zookeeper Richard Meek remembered

    Kathy Fay, the widow of longtime Memphis Zoo giraffe keeper Richard Meek, reflects on his life and her loss. Meek’s death was one of the 75 pedestrian deaths that have occurred in Memphis so far in 2022.

    Related story:

    Number of Memphis pedestrian fatalities keeps climbing

    By Alicia Davidson December 08, 2022

• November 2022

  • Hot dog! Local wins tour in Oscar Mayer Wienermobile

    “When people know we’re coming, they show up in hot dog outfits, bring their weenie dogs, and that’s really all normal for us,” said one of Oscar Mayer’s hotdoggers. 

    By Alicia Davidson November 18, 2022

• January 2021

  • Facebook group leads to micro-giving community

    The Buy Nothing Midtown/Downtown Facebook group boasted more than 2,000 members as of Jan. 23. It’s one of several in the Memphis area.

    By Christin Yates January 24, 2021

• November 2020

  • St. Vincent de Paul food mission seeks permit to shelter homeless, too

    Volunteers and a small staff have been serving morning meals for eight years at the Ozanam Center, 1306 Monroe Ave. Now the Catholic lay organization plans to work with Room In The Inn to shelter homeless women and children each night.

    By Tom Bailey November 09, 2020

• July 2020

  • Think piñata when you see Eclectic Eye’s ‘Chucho’

    Mural's creator: "Life is often hard and challenging. Sometimes it feels like it’s chasing you with a bat, waiting to crack you down."

    By Toni Lepeska July 15, 2020