Nearly two years after Tommy Pacello died of pancreatic cancer, his friends and colleagues are celebrating the visionary city planner’s birthday by unveiling a fellowship that will support his work. 

Brinson’s Downtown and Craft Axe Throwing celebrated the holiday with a gathering on Floyd Alley.

Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said the grant from the county’s reserve fund is likely the first of several for a full restoration of the 137-year old church.

As the hospital’s six-year, multi-billion dollar expansion gets underway, 500 office employees have moved into 150 Peabody Place. And area shops and restaurants are mighty glad to see them.

Mayor Jim Strickland is proposing the city create a $500,000 “park restoration fund” from Mud Island renovation money to cover potential damages to Tom Lee Park during Memphis in May events. 

“Grills, five or six pairs of Ray Bans, a couple of rings, a couple of iPhones — you find just about anything,” said Joe Weiss, general manager of Mud Island Marina in Downtown Memphis.

Malaysia is the eighth Asian country Memphis in May has selected for the citywide festival salute.

Flight Restaurant reopens on Friday, but for the tenants of Brinkley Plaza, ‘the saga continues’ as parts needed for repairs have been delayed by how low the Mississippi River is. 

In a city with plenty of needs, the plan to build a new soccer stadium on the site of the Mid-South Coliseum may seem like a tough ask. But 901 FC makes a convincing case as to why it must leave AutoZone Park and have its own home. 

In the wake of the loss of Mia Madison, Memphis Tilth has merged with For The Kingdom, and the organizations continue to expand the legacy Madison left behind.

At last night’s Freedom Awards, FedEx Corp. founder Fred Smith talked about the economy and highlighted longtime staff members; two Pulitzer Prize-winning authors spoke about the time it takes to write about history. 

Once complete, all I-55 north and southbound traffic will shift into the I-55 southbound lanes until fall 2023. There will be one lane in each direction. 

This week’s Inked includes updates on BluffCakes new Germantown location and a second Scooter’s Coffee site. 

The film, which is about as Memphis as a movie can get, chronicles The Rendezvous’ rise to a world-renowned restaurant.

The council approved the original deal of what amounted to a $10 million advance on the city’s lease of convention meeting space in the Grand Hyatt — the third of three hotels at One Beale — in September on a 10-0 vote.

The Downtown Memphis Sheraton Hotel will be getting a significant makeover soon. 

During the first week of October, the river hit historic lows in Memphis, where it hovered just a few feet higher than the lowest recorded river level. 

Sip & Serve begins with cleaning trash off streets and ends with a happy hour for participants age 21 and older.

A $4 million restoration project has transformed the old the National Rose Spring and Mattress Co. building into a mixed-use development Downtown at 80 W. Virginia Ave.

The staple Soul Burger at Earnestine & Hazel’s is a stack of no-frills comfort, and a late night steal of a $10 Deal.

Memphis is awash in dramatic examples of adaptive reuse, from a Downtown shopping mall turned corporate headquarters to a Sears warehouse building turned “vertical urban village” to even a Pyramid-shaped arena turned world’s biggest bait shop. But Mud Island and the Mid-South Coliseum have proved trickier for rebirth. 

The owner of Paula & Raiford’s Disco in Downtown Memphis was charged with misdemeanor assault Thursday, Sept. 15, according to Shelby County Criminal Justice records.

Hulsey Britt and Frankey Anderson approached Kenneth Wayne Alexander with a proposition: to curate a combined art space, restaurant, and entertainment venue dedicated to Black culture and Black excellence.

Developers Joseph Lewis and Tony Kuhn plan to begin $3.2 million restoration this fall.