Herrington: Reopening? We’ll wait and see
The city and county can loosen restrictions, but a tour of Midtown and Downtown neighborhoods shows businesses and potential customers still have decisions to make.
Topic: Midtown
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May 2020
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February 2020
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Valvoline plan improves walking along Union, but draws stiff opposition
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.
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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.
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January 2020
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Developers: Snuff District plan won’t block public access to river
Keel Avenue runs west through Uptown, crosses what will be the future Snuff District mixed-use development and dead ends at a floodgate immediately west of where Keel goes under a small CN Railroad bridge. -
Proposed oil change business draws some Midtown opposition
Valvoline Instant Oil Change seeks two zoning variances so it can build on Union in Midtown.
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December 2019
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‘Issues’ prompt changes at some Memphis Starbucks
Starbucks has recently tightened access to bathrooms and installed needle-disposal boxes at some of its core-Memphis coffee shops.
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November 2019
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Construction nears for apartments next to P&H, Shelby Farms
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.
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Midtown embraces and wrestles with modern architecture
How should historic Midtown respond to modern architecture as infill development occurs?
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DeeO’s Seafood coming to Midtown
A locally owned seafood restaurant that opened in Cordova a year ago will soon open a second location in Midtown.
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Cooper-Young celebrates Tennessee’s first rainbow crosswalk
The state's first rainbow crosswalk has been unveiled in Cooper-Young.
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October 2019
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Urban development approved for Madison Avenue across from SCO
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.
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Midtown mixed-use development gets conditional approval
Developer will raze blighted, century-old building and build seven apartments and and retail space across from Snowden School.
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Midtown residents lose appeal on design of Peabody Falls apartments
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.
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September 2019
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Mixed-use plan for building near Snowden School revised
A mixed-use development of seven apartment units and 750 square feet of retail is proposed for 569 N. McLean, across from Snowden School.
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New apartments, retail proposed for Madison Avenue
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.
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New Starbucks embraces Union Ave. pedestrians
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.
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August 2019
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The Citizen apartments in Midtown filling up
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.
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July 2019
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Neighbors question height of proposed Peabody Avenue apartments
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.
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Japanese/Thai fusion restaurant coming to Midtown
Takashi will fill the space vacated by Pei Wei Asian Diner in the Belvedere Collection shopping center on Union.
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June 2019
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Developers present townhouse options to Cooper-Young residents
The developers of a townhouse project in Cooper-Young presented four different site plans to residents, saying fewer units will mean higher prices.
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Memphian Hotel in Overton Square gets a more timeless look
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.
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Mixed-use building coming to Cooper in Midtown
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.
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May 2019
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Apartment renovation, addition planned for Peabody Avenue
An aging apartment complex on Peabody Avenue is under contract to be bought, renovated and joined by a 30-unit addition.
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April 2019
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Neighborhood of new Midtown houses sells out quickly
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.
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Midtown needs better development guidelines
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.
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