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Many great points of historical interest in Memphis reside in this area. One is the National Civil Rights Museum. The others include the Blues Hall of Fame and the historic restaurant the Arcade, located on the south corner of South Main and G.E. Patterson. It is the oldest coffee shop and one of the oldest family owned restaurants in Memphis.
As of 2024, a new adjunct building is under construction in downtown Memphis. [5] The design team included architectural firm Herzog & de Meuron. [6] The "downtown" museum is slated to open in late 2025. The facility will include a public courtyard, a theater, galleries, and spaces from which to view the Mississippi River. [5]
The murals commemorate the discovery of the Mississippi River near the site of Memphis by the Spanish conquistador Hernando de Soto and his men, and their encounters with Native Americans. The three murals were commissioned in 1934 by the Public Works of Art Project of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's government, as part of a series of ...
From ladybugs to bobcats to renderings of all 50 states, murals at Youth Villages go beyond improving aesthetics. Creators hope they change lives.
The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art has received a donation of 75 significant works — including paintings, drawings, photographs, sculptures and videos — by Black artists, museum officials ...
Cleveland Street in Crosstown is the heart of the Vietnamese population in Memphis, [4] with multiple Vietnamese-owned businesses and a Buddhist temple. The exact boundaries of Midtown are often disputed. Generally, it is the area between the Medical District to the west and East Memphis to the east. The eastern boundary is variously defined as ...
The Mississippi River, Hernando de Soto Bridge and the Memphis skyline are seen from the roof of the Sterick Building during a tour of the building in Downtown Memphis, on Thursday, October 19, 2023.
The area was known as Pinch-Gut, in reference to the starving look of many of its impoverished residents. It was home to the earliest immigrant communities in Memphis, mainly Irish, Italian, Russian, Greek, and Jewish. From the 1890s to the 1930s, it was the center of Memphis' Jewish community, with many synagogues and Jewish-owned businesses.