The Downtown Memphis Commission hosted Parking Day for the first time since 2017 on Friday, with three themed mini parks. 

Four designs will be displayed on the Main Street Mall and will highlight and celebrate the city’s identity.

Marching bands, drumlines, street flippers and more took to Beale Street to celebrate what would be B.B. King’s 100th birthday.

Darren Watkins Jr. — also known as IShowSpeed — filed into his black SUV on Thursday afternoon and said the magic words. “Memphis is way more lit than Nashville. Memphis is super lit.”

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Mayor Paul Young cut the ribbon on a new Riverside Drive that works for those on foot, on bicycles and in cars and narrows down access to parking for Tom Lee Park.

The Genre is the kind of spot where folks may come to hear live music or sing karaoke. But they’re missing out on the complete experience if they don’t indulge in the kitchen’s offerings.

Mitchell’s Breakfast Burritos opened Tuesday, Sept. 2, inside Rumba Room at 303 S. Main St., offering specialty burritos, wraps, quesadillas and salads.

The stretch between Beale Street and Georgia Avenue has been closed since mid-April.

The luxury hotel features commercial spaces, an outdoor patio, meeting and event spaces, and standard hotel amenities.

A teen was shot on Beale Street late Monday night amid the city’s 901 Day celebrations. 

“Everyone’s having a moment to showcase and share their thing that makes them a special artist, and Memphis is here to eat it up.”

Real estate company Newmark listed the campus for sale, according to its website.

The new bridge over the Mississippi River will be named for the three “kings” associated with Memphis.

The Center City Development Corp. also approved a $30,000 grant for Dawg Team, a pet apparel and accessories store that will also offer boarding and a self-serve dog wash.

The draft financing proposal obtained by The Daily Memphian spells out the sources of the money — and the timeline for spending it.

Records and sources say there is a real, tangible pathway for Memphis to keep the Grizzlies. However, barriers remain for what is one of the country’s smallest NBA markets to keep its sole major league franchise. 

The project, which also includes the former Schlitz Brewery, will feature both residential and commercial units.

The head of the Downtown Memphis Commission talks on “Behind The Headlines” about what’s beyond Downtown’s waiting period for several new and renovated institutions to come online.

The location would, in some ways, represent a homecoming and a “return to the street” where the journey began.

Taylor Swift played at Beale Street’s Itta Bena in 2007 and helped generate a special bond between a father and a daughter. 

Go off menu, slightly, at Bar Hustle to get a pizza with red onions, fennel sausage and spicy honey. 

A plan to build a new jail and relocate every criminal and civil justice institution in Shelby County to the former Firestone plant site in North Memphis was presented to the Shelby County Commission.

After Stephanie Feng started a small, local food trailer serving burritos, her lemonade became the star of the show. 

After closing, Carlisle Development Corp. will take over running the hotel that’s attached to Renasant Convention Center and start the process for redeveloping it.

The City of Memphis is planning a $55 million renovation of AutoZone Park and potential redevelopment of the area around the stadium, according to public records reviewed by The Daily Memphian.